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See you tomorrow as @s3unha and @ryantasie travel through Enugu and with the one and only @jamitHQ @iKEOrizu
⏳ Enugu 9/3-9/7
⏳ Abuja 9/7-
✅ Lagos 8/26-9/3
⏳ Enugu 9/3-9/7
⏳ Abuja 9/7-
✅ Lagos 8/26-9/3
🚀 Build & Pitch Sessions is here!
We’re excited to host the first edition of Build & Pitch Sessions - an exclusive session for early-stage founders to connect, pitch and network with top ecosystem stakeholders.
Meet our speakers: @s3unha, Venture Partner at @lavavc_ @ryantasie, Intelligence Analyst @lavavc_ , @theucheedeoga Associate at @HashedEM and Emmanuel, Co-founder Blockchain Hub Africa.
Expect practical insights, honest founder conversations, mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to VCs and network with ecosystem leaders.
📅 September 4, 2026
📍 Blockchain Hub Africa, Enugu
1 Temple Avenue, GRA, Enugu
🎟️ Register now 👇: blockchainhub.africa/events/Build&P…
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New research from LAVA on why we backed @useaccrue, and its bet on Africa's human agent network.
I stood outside a club in Nairobi with USDC, waiting on a stranger to help me swap to Ksh quickly.View quoted post on X
That 90-second wait is the whole thesis on @useaccrueapp, the last inch, and why we backed it.
Link to the article in the next tweet 👇🏼
Wanna learn how to use Karpathy's autoresearch to make better markets in Nigeria?
Come along, anon...
Come along, anon...
Most market making for EM currencies has happened on centralized exchanges: manual, opaque, and often without much sophistication.View quoted post on X
When our currencies come onchain, the market structure changes.
Most "stablecoin neobanks" are a distribution layer priced as a balance sheet's valuation.
In Africa's fractured dollar hierarchy, durable economics accrue to whoever defends par, holds the liquidity, or carries the credit risk, rarely the frontend.
@ryantasie on where value actually settles.
In Africa's fractured dollar hierarchy, durable economics accrue to whoever defends par, holds the liquidity, or carries the credit risk, rarely the frontend.
@ryantasie on where value actually settles.
For the fourth time this quarter I opened two decks side by side, looking for the difference.View quoted post on X
Whilst bearing different names, and distinct branding assets, they served the same fundamental function(s): dollar accounts, crypto cards, automated FX.
"Stablecoin neobank" can be a costume. Here's how to see the body underneath. 🧵👇🏽