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1/ Super excited to announce Onchain Dreamers, a highly-vetted private network of builders, and creators who are doing cool things to expand the onchain economy on
@base
.
At
@Onboardglobal
, we want to make it easier for anyone, anywhere to come onchain
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On October 2019, I got kidnapped by SARS, I was less than 2 mins from my home, they refused to listen to anything I said and took me from Lekki, to Ajah then all the way to Ikoyi, whilst stopping and harassing other young adults, I’m not sure how many cars they stopped and robbed
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Nigeria Protests: 1 week = 10+ deaths
Hong Kong Protests: 80 weeks = 2 deaths
I'm seeing videos and images of destruction, violence, death all over my TL. We only asked for 5 things but in return, it looks like the government wants to frame, injure, and kill us instead
#EndSARS
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Startups are FREAKING hard, don't let any tell you differently. Get a strong support network and find time to decompress, it's a marathon, not a sprint.
#DayOne
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SARS must be banned! They have no place in Nigeria and we must hold our government and leaders accountable. This could be any of us, we shouldn't wait until we lose a loved one before we take action!
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This all happened between 10.30pm to 1.30am -- I pray even my worst enemies don't go through the experience I went through!
#ItCouldBeYouTomorrow
#EndSARS
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1/ It’s a proud and exciting moment for me to announce our first raise at
@Nestcoin
. We’ve raised $6.45 million in pre-seed capital to build the future of Web3 in frontier markets.
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Personally, I'm devoting my time and energy to giving young Nigerians the ability to "exit" from our broken and failed financial and governance systems
Our future and lives should not be tied or dependent on the decisions of a few that clearly don't care about us
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If you can’t protest in person, support financially every little helps, if that’s not possible then tweet and retweet! They MUST hear and feel us.
APPLY PRESSURE!!!!
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
#SARSMUSTEND
#ENDSARSNOW
#ENDSARS
#5for5
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An update shared with our investors earlier today on the FTX incident and its impact on
@Nestcoin
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As young Nigerians, there are so many times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest
#EndSARS
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They took my phones, wallet, house key, my Apple Watch, didn’t care about my ID cards and claimed I was a Yahoo Boy because I had messages on telegram with foreigners. They demanded N1m from me, made a “fake” phone call to their commander, and said I would sleep in prison.
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They forced me to open my US bank accounts and said I should transfer USD from my Bank of America account to my GTB. I cried and prayed because I didn't know what to do and couldn't understand why and how this was happening. It was one of the scariest experiences of my life
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I couldn’t call anyone, no one knew where I was, and if they harmed or killed me, there was nothing that would have happened to them, it didn’t matter what I had done, or who I was, all they saw was a young man and they were hell-bent on taking as much they could from.
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1/ I'm incredibly excited to finally announce that I'll be joining the
@binance
family as a director of
@binancelabs
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They stopped at the end of Eko Bridge and demanded more money before driving me to somewhere on the mainland near the international airport. I don’t keep a lot of Naira on me as am long Bitcoin, and only had N51,000 in my account, which they asked me to withdraw at a UBA ATM
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LETS GOOOOOOOOOO
Come outside! Continuing where we left off yesterday. 9am Lekki Toll-Gate
#EndSARS
#SARSMUSTEND
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1/ I am excited to announce that
@Nestcoin
has successfully raised a $1.9M strategic round. This is a vote of confidence in our mission to create universal access to world-class financial services.
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Friendly reminder that only 2% of Nigerians have more than ₦500,000 ($1,388) in their bank accounts -- figuring out how to unlock the economic potential of our greatest resource i.e. human capital, is the biggest challenge and opportunity of our lifetime
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1/n I'm super excited to announce Bundle (
@BundleAfrica
), an Africa-focused social payments app for cash and crypto 💸
After working on this for the last couple of months, we are coming out of stealth and also announcing our $450k pre-seed raise from
@binance
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#EndSARS
must be the No 1 trending topic tonight.
20.10.20 must never be forgotten! We’ve lost so many lives — all because we wanted change.
Nigeria has failed us. Our leaders have failed us. Our government has failed us
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Today marks the beginning of a new and exciting journey.
I'm pleased to introduce Nestcoin
@nestcoin
. We're building, operating and investing in simple products that make crypto accessible for everyday people in frontier markets
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Forever in our hearts! ❤️ Rest in Power ✊🏾 🕊 We’ll never forget
#EndSARS
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Don’t lose focus! Don’t get divided! We are on the cusp of achieving something bigger than ourselves
#EndSARS
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I’m thrilled to announce that
@MetaverseMagna
, has raised $3.2M in seed funding to expand our efforts in building Africa’s largest gaming DAO and create opportunities for millions of gamers in emerging markets.
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I swear I love meeting talented people on Twitter.
The best part is when they say they aren’t in Lagos, as an African startup if you don’t hire or can’t work remotely you are really shooting yourselves in the foot
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This is the biggest electoral news of the day, not the American presidential election results.
Get your PVCs and let's make our voices heard!
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This picture is a visual representation of Nigerian naira’s devaluation over the last 40 years 😭💔
#Bitcoin
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In 2014 I published a letter I sent to my mum telling her why I wanted to leave medical school, finding my mission in life & the long term legacy I wanted to leave.
Almost 10 years later this post remains my compass and one I reference yearly
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1/ I’m excited to announce
#OnboardVirtualCards
.
A USD Card that can be funded with stablecoins or NGN & used in 160+ countries.
This is a major step towards our goal of creating access to world class financial services & bridging the gap between tradFi & digital finance.
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Head up
@njokuScript
, this is just the 1st chapter in what will be no doubt a successful story.
I'm proud of you for stepping in the arena and glad to have backed you as a friend and investor.
When you've taken time to recover, will gladly back you again. Still day one! 💜
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Today, Bundlers and Community, I’m sharing my decision to step down as the CEO of
@BundleAfrica
Building Bundle has been one of my greatest achievement till date, thankful to my team and excited about the future
I share more in my open letter here:
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Can’t believe what’s going on!! Are we under military rule??
Our democracy is an illusion! Why would you shoot at peaceful patriotic citizens sitting down, holding our flags and singing our national anthem.
Nigeria will never be the same after tonight
#EndSARS
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At
@Nestcoin
we’ve been fortunate to have had so many talented people on our team and we want to help them find their next opportunity.
If you'd like to hire any of our talented Nesters who are leaving, please email us at alumni-hiring
@nestcoin
.com
An update shared with our investors earlier today on the FTX incident and its impact on
@Nestcoin
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Following our recent capital raise, I’m pleased to share that
@Nestcoin
has partnered with
@theZuriTeam
the team behind
@hnginternship
to create
@Blockgamesgg
, an 8-week intensive program focused on training developers on how to solve problems using blockchain technology.
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Just had our town hall and AMA with the
@BundleAfrica
team and I'm super pumped!
The next few weeks will show the world the ingenuity of the Nigerian startup ecosystem in the face of adversity
When all is said and done, Innovators will innovate 💜
#NigeriaNeedsCrypto
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My personal takeaway on reflecting about meeting
@jack
, Twitter and Square CEO was simple.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
#BlackJack
#AsoEbi
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"Nigeria is one of the fastest growing developer communities on GitHub and we are really impressed. Consistently, for two to three years now, Nigeria has been growing as fast or faster than any other country on GitHub" -
@natfriedman
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One of my favorite pictures from the protest so far!
We have a voice and we must be heard!
#SARSMUSTEND
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"
@Binance
Spinoff Aims To Be Bitcoin-Powered Venmo Of Africa" via
@Forbes
Thanks for the profile
@DelRayMan
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We are expanding our design team at
@BundleAfrica
, if you are a great designer we'd love to hear from you.
Not a designer but know anyone who's a good fit, please encourage them to apply.
We're also paying $500 for every successful referral 💜
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In addition to the NGN 1,000,000 (2,145 BUSD) from the
@BundleAfrica
team, I am personally contributing an additional NGN 500,000 (1,072.5 BUSD) to the cryptocurrency fund we set up to contribute to two legitimate
#EndSARS
support campaigns equally 🙏
1/ The Bundle team has set up three cryptocurrency wallets to raise funds globally in support of
#EndSARS
protestors and victims of SARS, and we have contributed 2,145 BUSD (~NGN 1,000,000) to the fund.
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I love that this video is time stamped and the time of the tweet also further validates the authenticity of the video
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It's only been a year since I started investing in startups, but the more I spend time doing this -- the more I realize the importance of truly remarkable founders.
Founders are the magic sauce that makes startups work, not the investors.
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It's not over yet! We heard from the Nigerian Police, this is the response from A Nigerian Youth
#EndSARS
#EndPoliceBrutality
#JusticeForJimoh
#ReformPoliceNG
#FiveForFive
#5for5
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I’ll be having a fireside chat with
@jack
at 6.30pm (WAT) tomorrow, 12th of November during this year’s Africa Fintech Summit
#AFTS2020
@AfriFintech
@IBEX_Frontierand
Register and join the conversation at
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Excited to finally add
@0xPolygon
(MATIC) to
@BundleAfrica
.
@sandeepnailwal
this is hopefully the beginning of multiple great collaborations between our communities 🤝💜🎉
MATIC is now on Bundle.
We aren’t talking about the Manchester United midfielder 😅. Open your Wallet to see for yourself😆
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I can NEVER give up…No matter how bad things are or get, there is always a move.
You just have to find it
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Nice summary by
@TechCrunch
on
@microtraction
’s progress so far.
As a VC & Founder, it’s clear that founders are the X factor that makes startups special
We’re grateful to all our founders for letting us be a part of their journey
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We are currently recruiting blockchain engineers to join us to build the future of money at
@BundleAfrica
It's a remote position that pays in crypto, so anyone anywhere can apply.
We're also paying $1,000 or 2
#BNB
for every successful referral 💜
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This goes deeper than a postponed election. It's a symptom of a disgraceful, shambolic, rotten and ineffective system of governance and accountability.
Personally, I have a renewed sense of purpose -- it's on our generation to fix our country and build the future we deserve.
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I'm so inspired by our next generation of leaders, I know they'll refuse to accept this "term" but we must protect, fund and support them. The best part is they happen to be female
s/o to
@fkabudu
@Jollz
@OdunEweniyi
@ladytiffs_
@ebelee_
Keep leading.
#WeDeyYourBack
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1/n I'm looking for teams or individuals that can build an anonymous helpline (web or sms) that can be used by anyone to report any case of sexual abuse and/or rape
I will be granting the winning team with N500k and smaller amounts for promising contributions up to N1m in total
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In 2020
@microtraction
invested in 7 companies
MT portfolio companies:
- 4 got into global accelerators (YC (2), 500 startups (1), and Google for Startups Accelerator (1)) 🥳
- Raised $23m+ (up from $6m+ in 2019) 💸
- Combined valuation of $147m+ (up from $51m+ in 2019) 🚀
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Why don’t more African founders build global SaaS products?
The Japanese Auto industry cannibalized the American Auto industry by offering the same quality at lower cost.
Wonder if we can do the same🤔
If you are doing this, apply to
@microtraction
. We’d love to talk to you
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I’ve had this as my profile picture on Telegram since the 5th of February.
Its just a matter of time before Nigerian startups and Nigerians leave fiat Naira, local entities and bank accounts behind.
It’s a relic of an old world...10 years from today they’ll wonder how we did it
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Just realized that all the startups from the African chapter of
@BinanceLabs
incubation program in 2018 who have disclosed their seed rounds all raised over $1m
@xendfinance
: $1.5m
@yellowcard_app
: $1.5m
@BitsikaAfrica
: $1.2m
#CryptoIsAfrica
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Turns out programming is 70% figuring out how to do things yourself with Google as your trusted sidekick and the remaining 30% is refusing to give up
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Rise and shine Lazy Nigerian Youths! It's a good day to
#EndSARS
Let's stay focused! Eyes on the goal -- We won't give up, We won't relent and we will hold our government accountable.
We are the Coconut Head Generation ✊🏽
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Excited to introduce
@breachclub
, a media platform that will help drive crypto education & adoption across Africa and other frontier markets
Breach is the genesis product from
@nestcoin
& our first step in realising our vision of a world where financial freedom is the new normal
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Super excited to announce
@nestcoin
’s first ever investment in
@lazerpay
, founded by
@njokuscript
, one of the smartest and brightest young minds in the crypto space
LazerPay makes it easy for anyone anywhere to accept Stablecoins like USDC, USDT, BUSD as payment online
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1/n Today, I'm excited to announce
@MetaverseMagna
, the second product coming out of stealth from
@Nestcoin
. At MVM, we are giving anyone the opportunity to earn as much as $1,000 a month by playing crypto-enabled games
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No matter what you are going through right now, remember it’s a phase.
It doesn’t stay cloudy forever, the rain will come and the sun will shine. ☀️
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Hey Bundlers,
On behalf of the team and myself, I apologize for the inconvenience caused by the disruptions to our service over the last few days.
As a reminder, both your cash and crypto assets on Bundle are safe and trading is going smoothly.
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There are new macro factors and product APIs for founders to explore beyond fintech and build vastly different startups than what we currently have today.
I'll spend the next couple of weeks thinking about what these are and may share publicly.
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The last 4 months have been the most challenging but ultimately rewarding period in my life as an entrepreneur, here’s the latest update on where we are at
@Nestcoin
and what the future holds for us.
If you don't already, you should follow
@Onboard_xyz
💸
#BeYourOwnBank
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1/ I’m thrilled to finally share what we’ve been working on the past few months.
@Onboard_xyz
is finally here! We’ve come up with a solution to give modern Africans full control of their finances and make their money truly borderless.
#BeYourOwnBank
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They have the same MO. It’s always these unmarked buses, in plain clothes and they only take cash. It’s the definition of organized crime and comes from the top
You don’t reform a criminal organization, you destroy it like the Mafia it is
#EndSARS
@EduardoHagn
@Arsenal
This what we get from them as a young guy when you dress well or driving a good car
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$23,842,244.33 Monthly Volume 💸
26,000 Daily Uniques 💜
63% MoM growth 📈
10 assets ⚡
2 Countries 🇳🇬🇬🇭
1 Bundle ☝🏾
It’s our 4th
#BundleRewind
! Learn what we've been up to at
@bundleafrica
over the last 30 days. 👇🏾
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I’m thrilled to announce Dayo Koleowo is now a Partner at
@Microtraction
. I just published a post that explains why. Congratulations
@NateKorl
#BuildTheFuture
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As a founder, advisory networks are really important and the best people to give advice are founders who are 2-3 years out from where you are.
I'm quickly learning that there are not a lot of "blog posts" on things I don't know about 😅
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I'm so proud of my team especially Bundlers in our customer experience subteam! We will innovate and keep building 💜
#WeMove
🚀
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.
@BinanceAfrica
in partnership with
@BundleAfrica
and other awesome projects have set an ambitious goal to train 1,000+ African blockchain devs for free
The most challenging part about realizing the full potential of blockchain on the content is the lack of devs building apps
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Can’t believe
@microtraction
is 3 already. Remember when it was just an idea and a vision!
So proud of our team, founders, portfolio companies who have made this journey with us. Excited for the next decade and more 🙏
16 investments, $24M raised, $88M Portfolio Valuation
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Very soon, new Fintech founders in Nigeria and other frontier markets will be making rational economic choices to build their apps with a stablecoin or crypto wallet instead of fiat / NGN wallets
By 2030 we’ll be calling non-crypto tech companies “Tradtech” 🥺😭
In order to get a CBN licence as a Fintech bro. you need to have a minimum of *2 Billion Naira in Capital or $4-5 million.
*As of December 2020
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"Startups are primarily about beliefs and assumptions. They change month-to-month depending on what’s happening around you" -
@JasonNjoku
I felt this one deeply ❤️
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My macro thoughts on the bank accounts of Risevest, Bamboo, Chaka, and Trove being frozen by the Federal High Court & the role crypto plays in our collective futures as Africans
A LUTA CONTINUA. VITORIA E CERTA. The struggle continues, but victory is certain
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Massive congratulations to
@shollsman
@0x
and the rest of the
@paystack
on this!
@stripe
have acquired a world-class team, product and company.
This will inspire the current and next generation of African tech entrepreneurs on what's possible!
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Beginning of the Decade vs End of the Decade
Happy New Year and wishing you all a healthy and successful 2020 and start to the decade 🎆🥳
#10YearChallenge
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Base Ecosystem Fund, Hashed Emergent invest $1.9M in
@Nestcoin
to scale
@OnboardWallet
by
@ulonnaya
via
@TechCrunch
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In the last few days on
@BundleAfrica
1. We increased limits for KY2 users to $10,000 💸
2. We increased limits for our VIP users to $20,000 🤑
3. We listed both Cardano ($ADA) & Polkadot ($DOT) 🎁
4. We hit Daily & Weekly Volume ATHs 📈
5. We hit Weekly Active Users ATH 🎉
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We recently switched to a Camera-On Culture at
@OnboardWallet
and it's been one of my favourite changes so far.
Such a simple change but it really helps me feel more connected to my team mates especially as we are a remote team distributed in 7 countries.
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How early are we in crypto adoption in Africa?
We estimate that only 1.4m - 2.5m Africans use crypto today compared to 400m+ who use digital payments
That's a 0.35-0.625% adoption rate - we have not even reached the "Early Adopters" phase of the innovation diffusion curve
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The American Revolution lasted 18 years! Nigeria’s Evolution into the Country we deserve will take just as long.
It’s a journey of thousand miles but getting some strategic wins in 2023 is the first step.
We won’t be broken
#EndSARS
#staystrong
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Super excited to announce that
@BundleAfrica
is now live in Ghana 🇬🇭👋🏾
Ghanaians can now Buy Bitcoin, send/receive GHS or save BUSD and earn 5.7% returns with Bundle 💜💸
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Allow me to introduce
@getcashlink
, it’s like Uber but for Cash 💸😂
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) cash deposits and withdrawals in minutes, we brought
@BundleAfrica
UX to P2P
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New year, new country 🇰🇪
I’m excited to announce we've expanded our P2P exchange service to Kenya.
If you are based in Kenya, you can now:
✨Fund your Onboard USD Card with Kenyan Shillings
✨Convert your KES to stablecoins and back in minutes, and at the best rates
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Just wrapped up an amazing few days at the
@cbventures
summit. Thrilled to represent
@OnboardWallet
, 1 of 25 projects invited. Did a live demo, converting USDC to NGN on
@BuildOnBase
in ~2 mins & paid for my Uber with my Onboard card. My proudest moment this year
#OnboardonBase
🚀
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As a founder, going again is a privilege. There’s are some lessons that only experience not advice can only teach 🙏
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How should you go about networking or building your advisory network with founders you admire?
1. Don't ask them to be your mentor
2. Use Twitter or send a cold email and share monthly product/metric updates with them
3. Ask very direct questions
4. Find some way to add value
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