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?...

In doing so, the West’s financial gatekeepers have long set the terms of play that have excluded millions of Africans from the process. The game is changing. Forget waiting for trickle-down economics. Yearn is all about creating bottom-up wealth creation through crypto staking. This is not only a story of...

Africa advocates are quick to share stories of how Africa is becoming the next frontier for cryptocurrency adoption. We see it in the stories of how crypto is helping people to circumvent traditional banking systems, empower the unbanked, and jumpstart entrepreneurship. I’m here to tell you that persistent DeFi wallets...

I still recall saving for months just so I could afford a used SNES back in the day. The struggle was real. For most young Africans who are enthusiastic gamers, owning a good enough gaming console to realistically play on seems like a wishful fantasy. To heck with those new...