Keynote: The next 10 years of Web3 in Africa
summary
Claims rapid growth: Chainalysis-level estimate of $125 billion in crypto transactions last year and 600 million Africans under 14 as context. Describes working systems: SDK wallets, fiat on/off liquidity aggregators, debit cards issued on crypto rails, and examples where blobs run transactions 4–10x cheaper than mobile money. Proposes concrete primitives: local stablecoins backed by government bonds, onchain FX pools between neighboring currencies, and using these to replace physical dollar flows — many pilots already live.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:04Crypto’s role in Africa
- 3:54US dollar challenges
- 6:46Crypto amid dollar scarcity
- 9:38Decentralized economies
- 10:22Local currency stable coins
- 13:13Scaling with on-chain currencies
- 15:20DeFi as practical solution
- 16:45Hyperlocal economies
- 18:30Join Africa’s crypto movement
- 19:53Devcon in Africa
- 21:57Regulation challenges
- 24:07Building in gray areas
- 24:51Preparing for Devcon
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