Will the DOOD token, associated with trending Doodles NFT, do what’s needed to set new opportunities for Africa’s young digital awakening? Or is it another crypto flash in the pan, designed to help only the folks already deep in crypto waters? How, you ask, the question that has been losing...

Picture this, our hypothetical innovator Thandiwe from Soweto, South Africa. She's built a groundbreaking app to help local farmers optimize their crop yields using AI, but she's been struggling for years to secure funding. Traditional VCs have little understanding of her emerging market and government grants are mired in red...

Imagine a young gamer in Lagos, Nigeria. He dreams of one day making it to the esports circuit, of earning a place on that world stage. Yet he’s chained to a 30-year-old, terrible, clunky, dinosaur nothing of a mouse that just constantly undermines everything he does. Meanwhile, across the ocean,...

Could PENGU, the meme coin surfing the Solana wave, be Africa’s best shot at financial empowerment? Or is it simply another ephemeral fad fueled by the buzzword du jour? That question has been dancing around in my mind ever since. It kind of rings true to a lot of young...

Centrifuge has seen its Total Value Locked (TVL) recently skyrocket. This leads to a more substantive question – is it merely another blip on DeFi radar, or does it herald a deep, transformative shift to how African investors participate in global capital markets? I’m not just referring to yield here,...

Did you experience the crypto earthquake on May 7th? Probably not. Pectra upgrade now officially live! While the market reaction so far has been disappointing, I think it is prepping the field for a big game changer in Africa. Leave aside the near-term increase (or decrease) in price. The actual...

Imagine a world where your grandmother in rural Kenya can access the same financial tools as a Wall Street trader. Sounds crazy, right? As an innovation, DeFi has an incredible promise. It can deliver on the promise of years of misguided aid initiatives and abandoned pledges.Financial Freedom: A Basic Human...

How can a cartoonish, rainbow-vomiting, space traveling cat really change the game, much less the African NFT scene. It sounds absurd, I know. But hear me out. We’re getting into the weeds on Doodles and their new $DOOD token. And I think, if done properly, this has the potential to...

Is Africa about to leapfrog traditional finance? I think it is. And Saros, with its suite of DeFi tools, could be the catalyst. Forget the worn out tales of urban despair and urban opportunity. Africa is at the cusp of a major disruption. For one, it’s indicative of a starving...

The saga of Jeffy Yu, featuring his fake death, launch of a memecoin, and conspiracy theories that followed isn't your average crypto soap opera. It's a stark mirror reflecting the opportunities and dangers facing Africa's burgeoning crypto community. Have we finally turned a corner toward this new era of empowerment?...