Closing a chapter
For the past year, I’ve worked closely with @Sir_Damilare at @Based_Africa, driving ecosystem growth across Southwest Nigeria for @base.
In that time, we:
– Onboarded 27 early-stage products
– Supported 12 mature products
– Helped launch 10 mini apps and 4 AI agents
– Ran hackathons and founder programs
– Connected local founders to global incubators
– Helped investors discover builders from South West Nigeria through my network and contents.
Grateful to @Sir_Damilare and the wider @Based_Africa team for the opportunity, trust, and room to execute.
Beyond the numbers, the experience reinforced something I’ve believed for years:
Some of the most interesting crypto products today are being built and actively adopted in emerging markets.
They’re just largely mispriced or overlooked.
Not because demand is absent, but because distribution here doesn’t look like what most investors or global teams are used to.
On-ground adoption is driven by:
– Informal trust networks
– Physical onboarding and education
– Stablecoin-based use cases (payments, savings, FX)
– Speed, access, and utility over “perfect” UX
That’s the work I’ve spent the last few years doing:
Helping early-stage products find users, building local onboarding systems, growing communities from the ground up, and connecting African founders to global opportunities.
Now, I’m looking for my next role at the intersection of ecosystem building, early-stage product growth and African market distribution. Ideally with a;
- protocol
- crypto fund
- infrastructure company
- founder who needs an operator with deep local insight and execution experience.
If that sounds like you — or you know someone building something relevant — my DMs are open.
At the same time, while I look toward my next role, I’m starting a weekly editorial called On Ground.
A written series exploring how crypto actually moves across Africa, LATAM, and Southeast Asia — through field observations, founder conversations, and real user behavior.
Less theory. More reality.
Using my experience building @blocstreets, I’m also building a product for Africa’s informal markets with a small team, and we’re currently looking for a frontend engineer to join as a contributing founder (equity only for now).
[email protected]
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If you are looking for a job and you have a great cv in crypto or out of crypto
Do this, you will get a job win 3-4weeks
3 weeks ago
I went to LinkedIn, refined my profile, added some pictures to show details
Then went to LinkedIn jobs page
Selected, remote jobs in my area of expertise
Selected “easy apply” (easy apply means you can apply with your LinkedIn profile, having uploaded your CV to linkedin)
You only have to file two or three boxes per job applications then submit
Then I started applying to every jobs position available
Apply to minimum 5-10 per day
I have now gotten some offers in the last one week with many rejections also
If you want a nice cv/portfolio, use lovable, check my bio for sample
Goodluck
I'm so excited to share that we are acquiring the financial services app, @step
Nobody taught me about investing, building credit, or managing money when I was growing up. That's exactly why we’re joining forces with Step! I want to give millions of young people the financial foundation I never had. Lots to share soon :D
Just opened the @etibeapp backend, ran the server and I get these logs. I didn't even get a chance to test it since I was occupied last week, but I just realised the test saving circles successfully processed contributions from the test members I created and processed payout.😅
DO NOT SAVE YOUR RESUME AS RESUME(1).pdf
Instead, save it as firstname_lastname_jobtitle.
It stands out to recruiters and also helps rank you with the ATS systems!
Bro, I have friends who are like 100x ahead of me, and I’ve never felt envious. Anytime I chat with them, it’s pure motivation for me.
A guy who used to come and beg me for stuff now works at Amazon and earns 10x my salary.
The other time I was stranded outside, he sent me $1k