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Why Africa Needs Blockchain for Transparency | Nigeria

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0:00AI’m curious, how do you see Web3 adoption, how people think about crypto here in Nigeria, based on your experience being here, but also before coming here?

0:07BYeah, so I think Web3 is going to change a lot of things in Nigeria, especially in Africa, because we’re starting to need transparency in Africa. So yeah, we need blockchain to solve this problem for us.

0:22AAs you reflect on your experience here, is there any advice that you would give to yourself on day one, if you could go back and do it to yourself? I have, like,

0:29Ba kind of fitting to the court because every single person that is here, you get to enjoy them, you get to like, you know them more and more, then you get to like, they’re actually friendly because, you know, being in a community where it’s been friendlier from day on. Yeah, so you feel at home and you’ll be able to like, work perfectly well without any stress or any pressure on you, yeah. We Them Media, Maceo, poidh, Pizza DAO, Ethereum, Piano, Piano, Piano, Piano, Piano, Piano, Piano,

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