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Chasing Mavericks CEO on crypto creators.

The organiser of a Nairobi creator event explains the gap she built it to close: Africa has plenty of influencers in fintech and fashion and almost none in crypto. Filmed at Antler, Nairobi.

Sheila Wasa is CEO of Chasing Mavericks, which she describes as “a platform that powers blockchain innovation and adoption across Africa.” The event was the Bybit x Chasing Mavericks content creator mixer, and she is clear about why it needed to exist.

“The idea behind this is to create content creators on crypto, right, because we have few of those. We have influencers on fintech, we have influencers on fashion, but we have very little when it comes to crypto. So we are taking advantage of the many influencers that we have on TikTok, on Instagram, on X, and how they can be able to monetise.”

On who benefits from being early: “It’s open for everyone at the end of the day, but the more followers you have, the better. And I think it’s an opportunity where the early movers will reap the most, because it’s still very new.”

Filmed by Aziz, who opens the piece introducing himself by the name he goes by on the channel, Moto Moto.

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0:00A is Moto Moto here. We are here at the Bybit event and we’re going to be talking to the organizer. We’re here at Ankla. Her name is Sheila Wasa, the CEO of Chasing Mavericks. Sheila, join us, please.

0:12Hi. How are you doing? I’m fine, thank you. How are you? I’m fine. Would you like to introduce yourself? Yes. My name is Sheila Wasam. I’m the CEO Chasing Mavericks. We are a platform that powers blockchain innovation and adoption across Africa.

0:23Amazing work. I love what you’ve been doing at uh the bybit and I can see that there’s a lot of opportunities. Would you like to tell the people at home what the opportunities are?

0:31Yes. Yes, definitely. So today particularly we did the bybe x chasing mavericks content creators mixer or connect. And the idea behind this is to create content creators on crypto right because we have few of those. We have influencers on fintech. We have influencers on fashion but we have very little when it comes to to crypto. So we are taking advantage of the many influencers that we have um on Tik Tok, on Instagram, on X and how they can be able to monetize uh with Bybit.

1:03Okay. So how would people that are interested in participating in this campaign be able to participate? Yes, definitely. So we have the it’s called the Bybit affiliate partner, right? So you can be able to go to the ByBit website, uh check it out and definitely sign up. I think it’s, you know, open for everyone at the end of the day, but the more followers you have, the better. And I think it’s an opportunity where the early movers will we we we will will reap the most because it’s still very new.

1:32Amazing. So, we’re here with Sheila. Follow her on social media. Follow Chasing Mavericks. Follow by bit K and get a chance to collaborate and make money with crypto. Thank you.

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