Click to download audio version The opportunities for bitcoin adoption
Shutdown of Golix, the only Zimbabwean crypto exchange The philosophy of Ubuntu
and how it relates to bitcoin Hyper-inflation Future of Bitcoin in Africa
How cryptocurrency feels like luxury in Zimbabwe How to design bitcoin for use
in Africa Libra, a game changer Most used social media tools The need for even
more accessibility and ease of use "If I have a Bitcoin, I can send money to my
relatives, who are in Malawi or in Namibia or in Ghana. Currently I can't with
our own currency. I can't send money out freely and quickly, but if we can sit
down as a community and say okay, we need to buy a new borehole and we can do
that just by using our phone. That's an amazing thing. You know, if we look at
it from a place of development, if you look at it from a place of helping the
community and taking care of each other, if it allows us to take care of each
other without having to create so many barriers and so much red tape to get
stuff done with money, I feel like when you change that narrative, you speak to
something very deep within an African." - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe
"Cryptocurrency feels almost like luxury. It's sad because I don't think that's
what it's supposed to be, but it was also bearing in mind cryptocurrency was
designed in a functioning environment. It was designed by people who maybe
haven't spent 12 hours in a fuel queue?" - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe "We
need to start having more conversations about the future with the people who are
actually affected by the future. Hold workshops under a tree in Binga and have
someone who is there who can translate into the local language and have a
conversation." - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe Full transcript on the
episode page
Shutdown of Golix, the only Zimbabwean crypto exchange The philosophy of Ubuntu
and how it relates to bitcoin Hyper-inflation Future of Bitcoin in Africa
How cryptocurrency feels like luxury in Zimbabwe How to design bitcoin for use
in Africa Libra, a game changer Most used social media tools The need for even
more accessibility and ease of use "If I have a Bitcoin, I can send money to my
relatives, who are in Malawi or in Namibia or in Ghana. Currently I can't with
our own currency. I can't send money out freely and quickly, but if we can sit
down as a community and say okay, we need to buy a new borehole and we can do
that just by using our phone. That's an amazing thing. You know, if we look at
it from a place of development, if you look at it from a place of helping the
community and taking care of each other, if it allows us to take care of each
other without having to create so many barriers and so much red tape to get
stuff done with money, I feel like when you change that narrative, you speak to
something very deep within an African." - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe
"Cryptocurrency feels almost like luxury. It's sad because I don't think that's
what it's supposed to be, but it was also bearing in mind cryptocurrency was
designed in a functioning environment. It was designed by people who maybe
haven't spent 12 hours in a fuel queue?" - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe "We
need to start having more conversations about the future with the people who are
actually affected by the future. Hold workshops under a tree in Binga and have
someone who is there who can translate into the local language and have a
conversation." - Teacher and Digipreneur, Zimbabwe Full transcript on the
episode page