JasonEisen.eth

Co-Founder & trust guardian @ututrust, co-founder & board member @mm_nrb, instigator @ethsafari @artstormnft @africa_defi

[Ribh @ribhfinance]

A yearly wrapped is only as good as the community behind it.

In 2025, Ribh Finance reached new heights: expanding into new markets, deepening our ecosystem ties, and hitting record-breaking volumes.

But none of it happened without our partners and the businesses trusting us with their vision.

Here’s to the year that was, and the even bigger one ahead. 🥂

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

@timourxyz @Metachaser24 I echo this! Come to Kilifi! Will show you a lot of happenings here

[Dan @danbuildss]

Once you understand distribution, you stop chasing VCs.

Like @mrstephendeng said:

“Stop selling 10%+ of your company for under $1M in valuation.”

The real flex isn’t raising capital - it’s building leverage.
Own your narrative, build distribution, and make capital chase you.

Last night, I watched the Based Founder Fellowship (BFF) Demo Day, and trust me I learned a lot.

Massive respect to the Base Africa team for pulling this off.

Here are a few things that stood out to me:
> Africa has a huge market gap: tons of potential, low visibility.
> 80% of the projects leveraged USDC: clear signal of stablecoin dominance.
> Some teams pitched with no metrics or MVP, which honestly isn’t ideal.

VCs are your one-shot slot, if you miss it, it’s gone. Don’t rush to raise.

Find angels who believe in your product before you chase funding.

A few projects that caught my eye;
> @mystocksafrica: makes buying on-chain stocks simple.
> @payritHQ: travel made easy; swap your local currency in seconds.
> @storipodApp: a WhatsApp-style app for writers. Brilliant concept.
> @_Minisend: a Farcaster mini-app for quick withdrawals on Base.

These teams are early but have serious potential if they focus on PMF and retention.

And if you’re building in Africa, here’s what I’ve learned:
> AgroTech is an underrated goldmine.
> AI & Robotics have huge long-term potential.
> Consumer apps might be our biggest untapped market.

Learn from apps like @KASTcard, @useTria to understand retention strategies

Lessons learned:
🔹Your revenue model and market data are everything.
🔹Bootstrap. Get grants. Validate your product before chasing VCs.
🔹Stablecoins & cross-border payments are Africa’s biggest opportunity right now.

Lastly, own your narrative.
If it’s not working yet, keep building. Your time will come if your product is good.

Congratulations to @Sir_Damilare, @Uyoyo_O, @BasedKago, and @BasedEastAfrica.

This was the first of its kind and it was a banger.

We never stop building on Base. 🔵

[Eddie Kago ⚡ @BasedKago]

BFF v1 really cooked!

$1B+ in total volume across 20 early stage founders shows you that Africa is a strong contender in the crypto space. We are here to stay! And we'll get Africa onchain to unlock economic freedom.

BFF is what happens when relentless conviction meets unstoppable support. Thanks to @jessepollak, @XenBH, @deriq_eth, @Sir_Damilare for being bullish on Base in Africa.

We are just getting started.

[Amb. Philip, Thigo, MBS @pthigo]

𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀

𝖲𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖥𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖣𝖾𝗆𝗈 𝖣𝖺𝗒 — 𝖺 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗍, 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺’𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾.

𝟣𝟢 𝖣𝖺𝗒𝗌. 𝟤𝟢 𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝟥𝟢 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗌. 𝟦 𝖦𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝖵𝖢𝗌. 𝟣 𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖠𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖥𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽. 𝟣 𝖦𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾.

𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗍 — 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 $𝟣 𝖡𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖴𝖲𝖣 — 𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖠𝗇𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗇 𝖧𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗓 (𝖺𝟣𝟨𝗓 𝖢𝗋𝗒𝗉𝗍𝗈), 𝖤𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼 𝖢𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅, 𝟣𝖢𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝖭𝖦𝖭 𝖢𝗈., 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅-𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 “𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗂𝗍-𝗈𝗋-𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌” 𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.

𝖥𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇-𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗋𝗈-𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗎𝗋𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖶𝖾𝖻𝟥 𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅-𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗍.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗅-𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗌-𝗉𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝖡𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗃𝗂 𝖲𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗌𝖺𝗇’𝗌 𝖭𝖾𝗍𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖲𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅, 𝖺 𝗌𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖻𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖾.

𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗄𝖾𝗒𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖯𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗄, 𝖧𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖡𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝖢𝗈𝗂𝗇𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾. 𝖣𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖤𝖽𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝖪𝖺𝗀𝗈, 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗍𝗁 𝖫𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖤𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺, 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝗎𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆.

𝖴𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖧.𝖤. 𝖯𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗆 𝖱𝗎𝗍𝗈’𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, 𝖪𝖾𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖾𝗋 — 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖾𝗇𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖵𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝖠𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖲𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖠𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖪𝖾𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.

@WilliamsRuto @ForeignOfficeKE @SingoeiAKorir @coinbase @MusaliaMudavadi

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

🔥Demo day is live!! 🔥

[Base - East Africa @BasedEastAfrica]

Based Founders Fellowship - Demo Day LIVE from Nairobi, Kenya https://t.co/Y1TudclaMH

[Base - East Africa @BasedEastAfrica]

This is BFF!

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

🔥It’s Demo Day 🔥 Come see the top web3 founders in Africa pitch to BFF’s VC Partners: @a16zcrypto @ElectricCapital @1confirmation and @lavavc_

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[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

Hosting the #BasedFounderFellowship Africa has been one of the most inspiring 10 days of my life. Thanks to our incredible 19 founders and 9 creators that have brought the energy and magic. Thanks to @base for sponsoring it and @BasedKago  for dreaming it up! With @UTUtrust

[mystocksonBASE @mystocksonBASE]

@mystocksonBASE × @BasedEastAfrica × @nickcryptopro

The future stock market will be on chain and on @base

@brian_armstrong @BasedEastAfrica @BasedSouthernAF @BasedKago @Jayriq

[kokocodes.base.eth 🌳 @kokocodes]

My last time in Nairobi Kenya was great, but my experience when it came to paying for stuff wasn’t, fortunately for me this time was different and here is why 👇👇👇

Meet @_Minisend , a miniapp live on @farcaster_xyz and @baseapp which allows you to convert your USDC earnings on base to local fiat .

Now with minisend by my side I did not need an empesa account or need to convert and send to it .

All I needed was going for the option of spend USDC on minisend and it automatically swaps my USDC to KES and right to the merchants account no 😌

Follow @_Minisend and get started with their miniapp with the link below 👇👇

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

@michubuuuu watch this guy! For real. Big things. You heard it here first.

[Base - East Africa @BasedEastAfrica]

Day 3 was all business.
We unpacked what investors look for, why BFF matters, and how to take ideas from zero to scale.

[Eddie Kago ⚡ @BasedKago]

Begun the Based Founders Fellowship in Nairobi today!

With Fellows from across Africa and the diaspora, we'll be hosting 20 founders with @UTUtrust across 10 days in Kenya to unblock barriers in their founders' journey.

Time to lock in, achieve @base scale, and get founders funded!

[UTU @UTUtrust]

BM! We are thrilled to announce the first-ever Based Founder Fellowship Africa - BFF, https://t.co/XTMcjVCshY hosted by @UTUtrust, sponsored by @base. @BasedEastAfrica @BasedKago @BasedWestAfrica @Sir_Damilare @BasedSouthernAF @deriq_eth

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

This is going to be a founder fellowship like no other. #CreatorsAreFoundersToo

🟡BFF🟦

[UTU @UTUtrust]

There’s an announcement brewing…call this your sneak peak. If you’re an #AfricanCreator, you’re gonna want to check this.

UTU is getting #based & we’d love for you to join us - the first Pan-African Based Founders Fellowship.

Apply now, don’t sleep. https://t.co/sI7QYSBqmC

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

Super proud of the @ETHSafari team for pulling together what promises to be another great event. Congrats to the whole team for getting here. Bummed to miss it for the first time.

Long live the zebracorn.

[Francesco Andreoli ᵍᵐ @francescoswiss]

BOOM, finally i can say it!

Excited to share that @MetaMask Social Login is live 🎉

Social login uses a cryptographic primitive called “Threshold Oblivious Pseudorandom Function” (TOPRF) alongside a distributed key management protocol to ensure that you remain in custody of your tokens, all while providing a high level of protection against attacks and failures.

This is a huge step for our ecosystem enabling users to onboard seamlessly and create a wallet with the login methods they already use. No more friction, just faster entry into Web3.

[Eddie Kago ⚡ @BasedKago]

Going live at 9pm on @BasedEastAfrica to talk about Ideas you can build for Onchain Summer.

[JasonEisen.eth @develocon]

@ayahq_ @ETHSafari @LiskAfrica @LiskHQ LOVE this!