Finely Chikwira

[Jude @Anumudujude1]

Event Recap: Avalanche Connect Watch Party – Johannesburg by @AvaxTeam1

On Saturday, May 31st, I had the pleasure of co-hosting the Avalanche Connect Watch Party alongside Precious Maine, with the generous support of Lavender Khayali. This event followed the Avalanche Summit in London and brought the energy and insights of the summit right to Johannesburg, South Africa.

The watch party was a collaborative effort made possible through partnerships with @web3globalconf and @HERDAO South Africa, and proudly sponsored by @avax.

One of the highlights of the event was our fireside chat, featuring a dynamic panel of thought leaders exploring the intersections of DeFi and Gaming within the @avax and broader Web3 ecosystem. We were honored to be joined by:

Reza Rayman – DAO Expert

NG - Ordinals Lead, Web3 Marketer & Community Builder

Finely Chikwira – Blockchain Innovator

What was planned as a 30-minute panel evolved into nearly an hour-long conversation, thanks to the depth of insights shared and the high level of engagement from our audience. It was, without a doubt, one of the most intellectually stimulating sessions I’ve ever had the privilege to host.

The feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive, and it was incredibly fulfilling to see how the event resonated with our community. This experience reaffirmed my commitment to building more on-chain communities and creating spaces for meaningful Web3 dialogue.

A heartfelt thank you to our sponsor Avalanche, our partners, our dedicated team, and of course, our speakers for making this event a success.

Looking forward to hosting more impactful gatherings and continuing to grow the Web3 movement across Africa.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

🎯“The people who invented refrigeration made some money, but most of the money was made by Coca-Cola, who used refrigeration to build an empire.

LLMs are like as refrigeration & the Coca-Cola has yet to be built”

~Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath)

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[Men of Purpose @Men_Of_Purpose]

Jensen Huang on The smartest person he's ever met:

[Peak Thinkers @PeakThinkers_]

This 1 hour talk from a 28-year-old Steve Jobs in 1983 predicted the next 50 years of technology.

Bookmark this & watch it today. It’ll be the most valuable hour you spend this week.

[Rony @Ronycoder]

Instead of watching an hour of Netflix, watch this 2-hour Stanford lecture on AI careers. It will teach you more about winning in the AI race than all the AI content you’ve scrolled past this year.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

That 26-year-old Steve Jobs energy was something else.

[ECSA @ECSAOfficial]

Thank you to all our guests, nominees, winners, and partners for making the ECSA Engineering Industry Awards 2026 an unforgettable evening. From inspiring conversations to groundbreaking achievements, tonight truly showcased the best in engineering.

#EngineeringIndustryAwards26

[Lisa Lim @allbygrace_]

The only influencer that matters is the Holy Spirit.

[Kevin Szabo @KevinSzabo14]

The secret to making money is just helping people make money.

That's literally it.

[Kevin Szabo @KevinSzabo14]

Solve rich people’s problems. They pay better.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

"Learning to program was so obviously the right thing in the recent past. Now it is not."

~ Sam Altman on skill to survive the AI era.

Now you need High agency, soft skills, being v. good at idea generation, adaptable to a rapidly changing world

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

At current pace of technology, companies can no longer survive through purely incremental improvement, u either choose to disrupt or be disrupted.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

😑

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

Technology changes over time, but if you can learn how to problem-solve, you are going to do great things." Lisa Su, CEO of AMD

[Miles Deutscher @milesdeutscher]

If your friends aren't talking about:

• Claude
• Perplexity Computer
• Openclaw
• Fitness
• Investing
• Ownership
• Automated workflows

It's time to find new friends.

[ECSA @ECSAOfficial]

⛳ Refuel at the Halfway House sponsored by Mentormate during the ECSA x SAICE Fundraising Golf Day.

🏌️ Fourball | 🏌️ Single Player | ⛳ Golf Clinic
📅 27 Mar 2026
📍 Randpark Golf Club
🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/e5GwKYBwqr

#ECSAxSAICE #FundraisingGolfDay #EngineeringExcellence

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

Very soon there are going to be more AI agents than humans making transactions.

They can’t open a bank account, but they can own a crypto wallet. Think about it.

[shouko @shoukointech]

Jamie Dimon on AI: Don't put your head in the sand

[ITWeb @ITWeb]

#ITWebAI2026 – Mentormate’s Finely Chikwira to participate in a panel discussion on venture capital and support for AI start-ups in SA. https://t.co/wzwpwc20Fu

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Sam Altman: “No matter how great your idea is, no one cares.”

Sam is asked what a founder should do if they have an idea but don’t want to talk about it because a big company might steal it. He responds:

“Here is one of the things that takes founders a long time to learn: No matter how great your idea is, no one cares. Everybody is so distracted that you could probably put that idea with exact instructions for how to implement it on Tim Cook’s desk and take no risk.”

Sam continues:

“Extreme secrecy among founders is a bad sign. You want to keep some things secret for sure, but you should be willing to talk about the broad sketches of what you’re doing because you need that to recruit people, to get investors, to get customers.”

Talking about your idea is also how you get feedback from other really smart people.

Sam gives his own experience with Y Combinator as an example:

“We at YC talk about everything we do. We talk about how to operate. We give our best possible advice. I have given talks before to rooms of people that want to start accelerators. And I say: ‘If you want to start an accelerator, here is exactly what to do step by step, and here are the mistakes to avoid step by step.’ And people always say, ‘Are you crazy? You’re giving away YC secrets.’ And we are, and yet no one ever listens… It was hard for me to learn this lesson of not fearing this… But don’t be afraid of telling people what you do.”