Bitcoin is Hope for Africa featuring Farida Nabourema

Farida Nabourema is a democracy and human rights activist, an academic, and a researcher from Togo. She is a co-founder and spokesperson of the Faure Must Go movement and serves as the Togolese Civil League’s executive director, an NGO working toward advancing democracy, rule of law, and equality in Togo. Farida was the convener of the African Bitcoin Conference in Accra, Ghana, in December 2022. She strongly believes Bitcoin can empower social justice and civil resistance movements across the world to resist authoritarianism and break free from monetary colonialism. Farida is a 2020 Jennings Randolph Senior Research Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and a 2021 SNF Agora Democracy Fellow at the University of Johns Hopkins.

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🗒️ IN THIS EPISODE:

0:00 Intro, Swan Bitcoin promo
1:39 Growing up in Togo, becoming an activist
9:58 Father was a student activist
14:28 Military rule, Togo president reminded her of Voldemort
17:36 French involvement, currency, control
23:37 iTrustCapital, Bitcoin 2023 promos
25:51 West African CFA franc, XOF
27:42 French currency and economic manipulation
30:18 Growing up learning slanted view of French history
32:54 Resentment toward France
35:30 Backlash for activism; Why did she leave Togo?
37:55 What does French President Emmanuel Macron know?
43:38 African dictators fund politicians in France
47:28 Fold app, CrowdHealth promos
49:21 Discovering Bitcoin, adoption in Africa
55:50 Currency instability in Africa
57:50 Mobile phone access to download wallets
1:00:43 Addressing volatility of Bitcoin
1:05:05 Stablecoins
1:08:32 Lightning network
1:10:34 Transacting in Bitcoin without internet access
1:11:22 Bitcoin mining opportunities
1:15:22 Threats to Bitcoin
1:19:38 Elites vs. BTC
1:21:54 China in Africa, digital yuan
1:25:41 BTC adoption

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- Farida Nabourema https://nabourema.com/
- Africa Bitcoin Conference https://www.afrobitcoin.org/

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