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24 Oct, 7 tweets, 2 min read
What's next in web 3?
Africa 🌍

Africa was never part of all the technology narratives that shaped the web & internet pre-Android & smartphones

That's about to change now that Africans too are part of the web.

Web3 has a place for Africa to participate and shape the future
Imagine all the bias built into the web & internet infrastructure b/c Africans were never co-participants in designing the web?
An example is online wallet like PayPal versus Mpesa prepaid mobile wallet

African users often report frozen funds when receiving $1000 via Paypal yet in Kenya, Mpesa users can send and receive upto $3000 per day

Another example is how online wallets & financial services request for Physical Addresses and Utility bills for KYC (which many of us African do not have)

Mpesa & mobile money do not require physical addresses nor utility bills to onboard users
Another example is all the Western crypto exchanges from that do not recognize our National Identity Cards s as a valid form of identity for access to crypto services.

They insist on a passport + physical address + utility bills
Another example is all the online services that insist the only way to pay is either Paypal or AMex or Visa or Mastercard yet, close to 400 million users in Africa frequently use prepaid mobile money w/ SIM cards

Why don't these web services accept Mpesa or Mobile money ?
This one really bugs me... every time I have to retype my messages on messenger apps b/c autocorrect isn't built for my native language Swahili

Imagine all the time english native speakers save b/c the web is built by and for them

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6 Oct
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Looks like crazy volumes of VC capital is flowing into Crypto blockchain startups in the rest of the world apart from Africa...
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Central Banking regulations is still the bottleneck b/c of formal fiat rails which caps possible products and impedes onboarding
Some options

1) old fintechs pivot into crypto products eg Chipper Cash, Stax, Eversend
2) new crypto/blockchain startups emerge w/ fresh rounds of funding
3) old African crypto startups raise more money for new products/expansion/scaling
4) African banks join crypto hype train
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20 Sep
Regulation by Central bankers in hot African fintech markets is a market variable you have to work with / around / find loopholes. It is not a constraint that VCs or entrepreneurs can "wish away"

Lets not be naive

True of crypto as well
Wizaj, VP at Chipper Cash, African Fintech w/ $150million+ funding in 3 years was quoted saying

"40% of Chipper cash staff count is legal and compliance people"
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1. Naive entrepreneurs (20s w/ no real world business experience)
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3. Lack of appreciation for Advocacy as a product
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This crisis is paving way for the business success stories of tomorrow
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2. Some Uber drivers are now considering hybrid ( electric & fuel) vehicles such as Honda Insight and Toyota Prius

3. Some taxi drivers have shifted to fully electric vehicles for example Nissan Nopia
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