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The convener of ETHAccra on the third edition.

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Accra, September 2025, at the close of the third ETHAccra, with the person who convened it. She introduces herself: “I’m the founder of” the event, and “I successfully hosted the third edition,” exhausted and happy, because “it was by far exceeded expectation numbers people came from far near and far it was buzzing.”

Was this year better than the last? “each year is a success but this year was really buzzing.” The evidence is the buses. “we had two buses for coming from Lagos, people from Kaduna, Close, Port Harcourt, many people from Togo, Benin,” and the way she reads it: “It was all around West Africa. It was really, really a movement.”

Then her own way in. “honestly, I’m a curious person,” who found the ecosystem in 2021, “During the pandemic, I discovered it and I discovered Hackathon and that I think I fell down the crypto rabbit hole.” On being a woman in a male-dominated field she reaches for football, Arsenal, and says “I used to be in male-dominating field, but I’m not intimidated by it, I just follow my heart and my passion.” The proof she offers is the room: “this year was by far the most amount of women came So that means I’m doing something right, I have an all-female team.” Her message: “if you’re a woman out there, you have to come to the crypto space, it’s welcoming.”

Then the sign-off test the whole ETHAccra set runs on, spelling booyah, which almost nobody gets right. The first piece the network has filed from Ghana. Names are as the channel titled the pieces when they were published; where the transcript heard something different, this page says so rather than choosing. The transcript below is from the original audio.

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0:00AGMGM, we just ended the Eat Hakka 2025 and we are here. I want to mention the name, but if I do that, I’ll spoil the fun. So, Abna.

0:08AbenaHi everyone, I’m Abna. Um, Abna Godif, people know me under this moniker. I’m the founder of Eat Hakka. I successfully hosted the 3rd edition and maybe you can see, um, it’s a little bit -- I’m very exhausted but very, very happy. It was by far exceeded Expectation numbers. People came from far, near and far. It was buzzing. I mean, yeah.

0:31ASo comparing it with last year, which one do you think was a success?

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0:36AbenaEach year is a success, but this year was really buzzing. It was like exceeded everything. People came to -- this year we had 2 buses for coming from Lagos, people from Kaduna, Port Harcourt, many people from Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, all around West Africa. It was really, really a movement.

0:53AItakra is really bringing people together from all over the country. So, Abna, how has your experience been like in the space? How, you know, how are you moving with Ethereum? How did you get started? I mean, as a lady, you know, somebody would be like, hey, how is the lady striving and all that? So how did you do it?

1:08AbenaYeah, honestly, I’m a curious person. And for me, I got into the ecosystem in 2021 during the pandemic. I discovered it and I discovered hackathon and that I think I fell down the crypto rabbit hole. And even as a woman, I think I have a passion. I love football very much. Arsenal is my team. So I’m used to being in a male-dominated field, and -- but it does -- I’m not intimidated by this. I just follow my heart, my passion, and here I am hosting the 3rd edition.

1:39AAmazing.

1:39AbenaAnd I really -- I’m happy to see that this year was by far the most amount of women came. So that means I’m doing something right. I have an all-female, like, team. So it was, um, yeah, I think we’re on the right Right direction.

1:51ASo if you’re a woman out there, you have to come to the crypto space. It’s welcoming. You see, as a lady, she actually doing it and she’s striving. So I’m gonna spell Buya.

2:01AbenaBuya.

2:01AYeah, Buya. Buya.

2:04AbenaB U Y O.

2:09AWell, let’s leave that to the audience.

2:11AbenaBuya. B U Y O. Is correct.

2:16AI don’t know. We are about to find out. So you just say your name and your abla.

2:22AbenaOkay, I’m Abna Dadi, convener of If Accra. We are here in Accra, the third edition with the media. With the media.

2:29ABooyah! Booyah! Booyah! Booyah!

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