Trusted Digital Records: Understanding Blockchain Basics | Product Thinking Workshops | Week 22

​Goal: Learn the basics of blockchain and how it might be useful in West African businesses.

​Topics:

• ​Digital Money Made Simple:

  • ​What blockchain means using everyday examples

  • ​How it's different from mobile money you might already use

• ​Practical Uses Beyond Money:

  • ​Ways blockchain can help with common trust problems

  • ​Simple examples of blockchain helping farmers, shopkeepers, and others

​Exercises:

• ​Community Trust Activity:

  • ​Identify situations where trust between people is important in business

  • ​Role-play how a shared record (blockchain) could help solve problems

  • ​Discuss if digital solutions would work in your community

​Homework:

• ​Ask 3 business owners about trust challenges they face

• ​Think about whether a blockchain solution could help with your product idea

• ​List practical concerns (like internet access) that might affect implementation