Episode 260: Bitcoin Solutions for African Challenges with Femi Longe

Greetings Glocal Citizens! As I head back to the Continent, I can’t help but to train my mind on what it takes to seed and sow solutions in Africa’s best interest. This week’s guest has been invested in these types of solutions for his entire career. A serial social entrepreneur, innovation consultant, service designer, learning scientist and startup coach, Femi Longe is passionate about helping individuals and organizations be and do their best to enable a better world. Born in the UK, raised in his Nigera and now based in Ireland, Femi currently works on the Financial Freedom team at the Human Rights Foundation as Global Bitcoin Lead, driving strategy and execution of the HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund, This is a fund dedicated to growing adoption of Bitcoin and adjacent freedom technologies especially in countries under repressive regimes. Previously, he was the CEO of QALA Africa — acquired by Btrust and transformed into Btrust Builders, which is an engineering training programme helping African software developers transition to careers in Bitcoin & Lightning development. Prior to joining the Bitcoin ecosystem, Femi co-founded and remains a non-executive Director at Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), Africa’s leading social innovation centre and tech hub. Earlier in his career, he gained experience at the UK's foremost social innovation centre, The Young Foundation, where he established the UpRising Leadership Programme. As the transitions between the Stone Age to Bronze Age, and various different human technologies delivered us to the Industrial Age and presently the Information Age, all contributing the imprint that is humanity today, I am exstatic to be a storyteller with the ability to share perspectives like these - stories that support and inspire a borderless mindset and are indeed manifesting a new world. Where to find Femi? On LinkedIn On YouTube What’s Femi watching? Wicked Emilia Pérez What’s Femi reading? Start with Why by Simon Sinek Other topics of interest: Ilesa, Nigeria Ijesha tribe About AIESEC Silk Road Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Vision Meme Coin Spoils Sam Bankman-Fried and the collapse of FTX What happened to Silicon Valley Bank About South Korean crypto currency entrepreneur Do Kwon Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath On Morning PagesSpecial Guest: Femi Longe.