Nairobi, June 11 -- For generations, the dream of property ownership in Kenya has been haunted by a persistent nightmare: fraudulent title deeds, double allocations, missing files, endless paperwork, and a web of costly intermediaries. This uncertainty has negatively impacted and deterred property investment.

Now, a groundbreaking technology best known for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin may hold the key to building a more transparent, efficient, and secure real estate market: blockchain.

Imagine a title deed that exists not in a single, vulnerable government office, but as a digital record copied and secured by cryptography across a network of hundreds or thousands of computers. This is the core promise of blockchain technology....