When the Nigerian government shut down protestors’ bank accounts, bitcoin and crypto became a way around. 

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Yele Bademosi is CEO at Bundle social payments app and the founder of investment firm Microtraction. Akin Sawyerr is involved across the industry and leads operations at BarnBridge. 

Over the course of October 2020, the world’s attention became firmly fixed on a growing movement in Nigeria. With the hashtag #EndSARS, the movement was, on the one hand, about addressing police brutality. On the other hand, as our guests discuss, it was a broader awakening and a demand for generational economic opportunity. At one point, even Twitter founder Jack Dorsey called for people to donate bitcoin to help the movement. 

In this conversation, Yele and Akin discuss:

• The state of the economy in Nigeria leading into the protests
• Generational differences in political action 
• Why the #EndSARS protests exploded into action in October
• Why the movement turned to bitcoin to avoid bank confiscation 
• How crypto can play a role in a brighter future

Find our guests online:

Yele Bademosi - twitter.com/YeleBademosi

Akin Sawyerr - twitter.com/AkinSawyerr

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