ETHSafari 2022: Full Schedule

Safari Wapi? Journey Where?

19:30 EAT

Hackathon

Thursday September 1, 2022 19:30 - Thursday September 22, 2022 18:30 EAT
Online

Hackathon

TBA

CELO at Strathmore Uni

Friday September 16, 2022 TBA
Strathmore University

Side Event, Education

10:00 EAT

Code for Impact Jam

Let's Code for Impact this weekend with @CeloOrg. Register here for the Code Jam: https://tinyurl.com/42t2a5ar

Saturday September 17, 2022 10:00 - 15:00 EAT

Side Event, Dev Workshop

09:00 EAT

ArtSTORM.nft Wall Tour and Artist Meetings

Limited Capacity seats available

Join the ArtStorm Bus Tour and visit the 20+ murals created by talented street artists. During the tour, you will visit the following six locations where you will meet the artists:

1. CBD
2. Kamukunji
3. Dandora
4. Korogocho
5. Kayole
6. Kibera

Tour Date: Sunday, September 18
Time: 9 am - 3 pm

Starting Point: OneStop Youth Center, Haile Selassie, CBD - Tour ends in Kibera

Rsvp before Saturday 17 - 8pm, by sending Ksh 500 to
Bitlipa Limited
Paybill number: 542542
Account: 528628
You will receive all details once you rsvp.

Sunday September 18, 2022 09:00 - 15:00 EAT
ArtSTORM.NFT Wall Tour https://goo.gl/maps/9wtzBDUcz1Eog9J59

NFTs, ArtSTORM.nft

10:00 EAT

Community Currencies - Meet the Community - Grassroots Economics

Discover how communities use blockchain-based community currencies for real goods and services.

If you want to attend, send and RSVP to unsafari@grassecon.org or 0701346496

Monday September 19, 2022 10:00 - 13:00 EAT
Rafiki Roofing Mabati

Side Event

13:00 EAT

Bootcamp

Get up to speed via our bootcamp between Sept. 19th-20th. You can attend physically or virtually. This will help beginners and the crypto-curious navigate our event and the hackathon better.

Monday September 19, 2022 13:00 - 18:30 EAT
Afyarekod Campus Adjacent to Movenpick

Bootcamp, Workshop

SIGN UP https://7u6j5ta3suk.typeform.com/to/fPpT5Q2e

09:00 EAT

Africa Defi Alliance - First Annual Meeting

Limited Capacity seats available

Key Document for Consideration: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZI2_XgYpdMK6DFHP8yb0717lycLbjGpaOwcFd9_YL-o/edit?usp=sharing

Speakers

Jason Eisen

Co-Founder and CEO, UTU

Jason is a serial entrepreneur and DAOist, speaker, author, and recovering consultant. In 2017 he co-founded and currently serves as CEO of UTU Technologies, building the decentralized trust infrastructure of the internet. In 2013 he founded MARAMOJA Transport, the oldest taxi app... Read More →

Tuesday September 20, 2022 09:00 - 13:00 EAT
Afyarekod Campus Adjacent to Movenpick

Side Event, DeFi

SIGN UP https://africadefialliance.org/membership/
Track Defi

10:00 EAT

Community Currencies - Meet the community - Grassroots Economics

Discover how communities use blockchain-based community currencies for real goods and services.

If you want to attend, send and RSVP to unsafari@grassecon.org or 0701346496

Tuesday September 20, 2022 10:00 - 13:00 EAT
Hope Gospel Church Kibera

Side Event

13:00 EAT

Bootcamp

Get up to speed via our bootcamp between Sept. 19th-20th. You can attend physically or virtually. This will help beginners and the crypto-curious navigate our event and the hackathon better.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Official Registration/Participant Check-In

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Track 1: Beginner Web3 Bootcamp
(Day 2) - John Mengere, Impact+

Track 2: Intermediate Web3 Bootcamp
(Day 2) - Ngeni Labs

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Break

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Panel: Where Can Blockchain Help Social Impact?

Panelists:
Moderator - Dr. Eduard Peris, Impact+
Felix Macharia, KotaniPay
Shodipo Ayomide, Polygon
Jefferson Mkungusi, Africa Blockchain Center
Melisa Akumu, World Food Programme

Tuesday September 20, 2022 13:00 - 18:30 EAT
Afyarekod Campus Adjacent to Movenpick

Bootcamp

SIGN UP https://7u6j5ta3suk.typeform.com/to/fPpT5Q2e

16:00 EAT

ArtSTORM.NFT Artists Exhibition

Limited Capacity seats available

Meet the artists behind the artSTORM and have the opportunity to purchase their physical works. Location Shared on RSVP.

Tuesday September 20, 2022 16:00 - 18:30 EAT
TBA

ArtSTORM.NFT, ArtSTORM.nft

SIGN UP Whatsapp: +254705517699

TBA

Pando DAO Meetup

Wednesday September 21, 2022 TBA
TBA

Side Event, 🍸, 🍺

17:30 EAT

CryptoBaraza Creators Edition

Wednesday September 21, 2022 17:30 - 21:30 EAT
The Alchemist

Side Event, 🍸

18:00 EAT

Africa Blockchain Report: 2nd Edition Launch

The Launch will show case our fact findings, and evidence based research, on the continental wide deep activities of the use of Blockchain Technology, more specifically this time with focus on four countries: Ghana, Egypt, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe.

Join us on Wednesday September 21st, 2022, by 6PM EAT, to get the insights on blockchain activities in these case study countries, stages of blockchain startups, learn and from ecosystem stakeholders, amongst others.

Video stream link

Speakers

Favour (Chigozirim) Uche

Research Assocate, Africa BlockChain Institute

Favour is a law graduate, writer and researcher with a strong interest in how blockchain technology can be used for digital transformation in Africa. She currently works as a Research Associate at the Africa Blockchain Institute where she focuses on driving key research towards this... Read More →

Wednesday September 21, 2022 18:00 - 19:00 EAT
Online

Side Event

19:00 EAT

TRUST Graphic Novel and Motion Comic Launch Party

Speakers

Anne Connelly

Author, Trust Graphic Novel

Anne is Faculty at Boston University and Singularity University, where she teaches about how decentralization can enable us to redesign societies.This fall she will be teaching a course on impact finance at Oxford University. Anne is the co-author of Bitcoin and the Future of Fundraising... Read More →

Chief Nyamweya

Author, Trust Graphic Novel

Chief Nyamweya is Kenyan writer and illustrator best known for his masterfully ink-illustrated Graphic Novels. His works address history, science and most recently, the future of education in his latest book Art of Unlearning (2018) which draws on his experiences as a student of Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Chief is the co-founder of Freehand Studios, an African visual arts and education company that creates socially impactful content and experiences... Read More →

Wednesday September 21, 2022 19:00 - 20:00 EAT
Unseen Nairobi

Side Event, Launch

07:30 EAT

BlockTrain

Thursday September 22, 2022 07:30 - 07:45 EAT
Madaraka Express

Blocktrain

10:00 EAT

Community Currencies - Meet the community - Grassroots Economics

10:00 - 11:30: Meet-up & Discussion @Sarafu-Network HQ
12:00 - 1:00 Visit a community using blockchain in Majajani village, rural Kilifi

Thursday September 22, 2022 10:00 - 13:00 EAT
Sarafu Network HQ - Kilifi

Side Event

17:45 EAT

Welcome from the Governor

Thursday September 22, 2022 17:45 - 18:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Keynote

18:00 EAT

Women who Build Africa

Thursday September 22, 2022 18:00 - 21:00 EAT
TBA

Side Event, 🍸

20:00 EAT

Drinks under the Baobab Tree

Thursday September 22, 2022 20:00 - 23:30 EAT
Twisted Fig - Beneath the Baobabs

Socializing, Vybez

08:00 EAT

Hatha Awakening Flow -Intermediate

A hatha yoga instructor that has been guiding and teaching yoga for 3 years in the US & Kenya. My teaching style is fun, interactive and fuses various forms of yoga such as gentle, restorative, yin, partner yoga, Thai massage yoga in a community style class setting. With an emphasis on breathwork & alignment, I aim to offer a one of a kind yoga experience for all.

This class will be introduced with a 5 minute guided meditation to center us, we will warm up with sun salutations then make our way into energizing heart & hip openers to awaken the body, mind and spirit followed by a gentle cool down of twists to close the practice.

Friday September 23, 2022 08:00 - 08:30 EAT
Baobab Deck

09:00 EAT

Karibu Safari - Conference Opening

Speakers

Alfred Opon

ETHSafari

Friday September 23, 2022 09:00 - 09:45 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Socializing

09:45 EAT

Blockchain Education in Academic Institutions

Moderators

Dorothee Unger-Lee

Head of University Programs, Algorand Foundation

Doro Unger-Lee is the Head of University Programs at Algorand Foundation. Doro manages all university engagements at the Foundation. Together with the Algorand research team she launched the Algorand Centres of Excellence (ACE) programme. The ACE programme strives to make a long-lasting... Read More →

Speakers

Dr Sevilla

Director, iLab @Strathmore University

Evans Miriti

Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi

Andrew M. Kahonge

Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi

Martin Saint

Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Academics, Carnegie Mellon University

Martin Saint is a professor, researcher, and cyber engineer, arriving at Carnegie Mellon University’s Africa campus in 2013 with more than 30 years of private and public sector experience. He teaches and researches in the area of complex systems, particularly networks and emerging... Read More →

Friday September 23, 2022 09:45 - 10:30 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Impact, Presentation

09:45 EAT

Blockchain Impact Workshop

Speakers

Shazmin Khalid

Impact Plus

Friday September 23, 2022 09:45 - 10:30 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Impact, Workshop

09:45 EAT

Investor View: Web3 Opportunities on the continent

Moderators

Theo Mwangi

Influencer

Speakers

IK Kanu

Founding Partner, Atlantica Ventures

Matthew James Low

Senior Program Manager, Outlier Ventures

Matthew is an avid technologist, angel investor, and entrepreneur. He has to-date been a co-founder in 6 thriving businesses, including a DeFi infrastructure platform. Matthew is the co-founder and co-editor of The Fintech Blueprint with over 100k institutional finance subscribers... Read More →

John Kamara

Founder, Adanian Labs

Friday September 23, 2022 09:45 - 10:30 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Investing, Panel

10:30 EAT

Startup Showcase - BitLipa

1. BitLipa - Fiat On-Off Ramp
2. Regen.Foundation

Speakers

Apollo Eric

Co-founder, BitLipa

Co-Founded Bitlipa to on-ramp African businesses to De-Fi liquidity pools.

Friday September 23, 2022 10:30 - 11:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Startup Showcase

11:00 EAT

Building Better DApps

Speakers

Merdi Kim

Software engineer

Friday September 23, 2022 11:00 - 11:30 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Workshop, Dev Workshop

11:30 EAT

DeFi for the people - The building blocks

Moderators

Gwera Kiwana

Founder in Residence: Crypto, MFS Africa

Gwera is MFS Africa's first crypto hire and serves as the Founder-In-Residence. She also serves as an advisory board member for web3 African startups, Stakefair and Bitmama.She's spent the last decade building and scaling fintechs and neobanks. Her last few years were spent at 11:FS... Read More →

Speakers

Eugene Mutai

Web3 developer & strategist, Summertime.finance

Apollo Eric

Co-founder, BitLipa

Co-Founded Bitlipa to on-ramp African businesses to De-Fi liquidity pools.

Zachary Marks

CoFounder, Jia

Friday September 23, 2022 11:30 - 12:15 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DeFi, Panel

11:30 EAT

Training Developers for Web3

Moderators

Roselyne Wanjiru

Lead Research Analyst, Nile Capital

Speakers

Alice Anangi

Founder & CEO, Crypsense

Digital Assets Financial Literacy, Wealth Building & Equality in the Digital Ecosystem.

Moritz Stellmacher

CEO, Dacade

After school (2009), Moritz joined two friends to help them grow their backyard magazine proud into a national marketing and event agency as creative director.In 2014 Moritz co-founded abend, a tech company with the mission to democratize marketing. I first developed the product and... Read More →

Awosika Ayodeji

Founder, Web3bridge

Friday September 23, 2022 11:30 - 12:15 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Impact

12:15 EAT

How brands can take advantage and play in the metaverse

Speakers

Joel Rao

Dentsu

Friday September 23, 2022 12:15 - 12:45 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, Presentation

12:15 EAT

DAO Ni Nini - How & Why

Moderators

Misspurple

Contributor, Bankless Africa

A community builder & passionate contributor, Miss Purple is the podcast host & newsletter editor for Bankless Africa, as well as a moderator for multiple NFT projects Galverse, Colorful Rebels, Super Geisha & Everdragons 2. She has the honour of being part of the Afropolitan community... Read More →

Speakers

Wossen Ayele

Co-founder, COO, Pando DAO, Pariti

Frank Deya

Playbetr

Alfred Opon

ETHSafari

Zeugh

Community Builder, JuiceboxDAO

I'm a Brazilian DAOplomat working on easier ways to create great DAOs

Mortech

Bankless DAO

Core Organizer ETHsafari, contributor at banklessDAO and a genesis team member at Bankless Africa.

Friday September 23, 2022 12:15 - 13:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DAOs, Panel

12:30 EAT

The paradox of Plenty and how tech can intervene

* Availability of wealth
* Inaccessibility of resources & the problem of this
* The value of unlocking these inaccessible resources
* Leveraging tech (Blockchain / Fintech)
* Live case studies
* Wrap up

Speakers

Murage June

Friday September 23, 2022 12:30 - 13:00 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Impact, Presentation

12:45 EAT

Opportunities for brands and creators in the Open Metaverse

Moderators

Lynn Gitau

Meta-versations

Speakers

Chuma Anagbado

Founder | CEO, Lizaad

Chuma is a multidisciplinary artist & designer working at the intersection of identity, materiality, technology, language, symbolism and aesthetics.In his societally reformative work, Chuma continually innovates ways of using both material and non-material aspects of Igbo culture... Read More →

Joel Rao

Dentsu

Matthew Munyao

Benkiko

Friday September 23, 2022 12:45 - 13:15 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, Panel

14:00 EAT

Get to now the Remix IDE

Speakers

David Disu

Ethereum Foundation

Friday September 23, 2022 14:00 - 14:45 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Workshop, Dev Workshop

14:15 EAT

Building Dapps on Polygon For Scale

Speakers

Damilare Aregbesola

Polygon

Shodipo Ayomide

Polygon, Polygon

Shodipo Ayomide is leading Global Developer Advocacy at Polygon, currently has 10 years of experience in Technology and a track record in Web & Mobile Engineering, Community Management, and cross-team leadership on a global scale.

Friday September 23, 2022 14:15 - 14:45 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Presentation

14:15 EAT

Creating a Regenerative Economy through DeFi in Africa

Moderators

Isha Varshney

Celo Foundation

Speakers

Felix Macharia

CEO and Co-founder, Kotani Pay

Felix Macharia, CEO and co-founder at Kotani Pay, a blockchain on-ramp/off-ramp service that offers access to blockchain financial services to SMS phone users in Africa. Felix has worked in a variety of roles in the African blockchain space since 2016 including as a researcher for... Read More →

Charles

Nuzo

Charles is the founder of Nuzo, a shop-to-earn eCommerce marketplace that rewards Africans with cryptocurrency when they buy and sell online. Just three months after launch, Nuzo already has 30,000+ users in Nairobi and is growing rapidly. Charles previously co-founded SunCulture... Read More →

Ashley Taylor

Founder & Principal, ReSource Finance

Ashley Taylor is a blockchain entrepreneur who joined the early Ethereum community in 2014 with a vision to further social mobility with this new economic paradigm. She founded ReSource to empower local communities and small businesses to grow cooperatively by offering credit to each... Read More →

Zachary Marks

CoFounder, Jia

Friday September 23, 2022 14:15 - 15:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

ReFi, Panel

14:45 EAT

Breaking up the Web3 Eco Chamber

Speakers

Shannon Ewing

Board of Stewards, ETH Denver

Looking forward to another amazing experience with the global ETH community!!!

Friday September 23, 2022 14:45 - 15:05 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Panel

14:55 EAT

Diversity in Web3

Moderators

Shaila Agha

Africa bioregion Community manager, Regen Foundation

Passionate about all things Regeneration. I've been in the FinTech, DeFi space in Kenya for over 10 years. I begun my career navigating MSME lending for International Private Equity firms in Nairobi (MARIS International) who had an impact focus, I then worked in the UN for a few years... Read More →

Speakers

Sianoi Kimari

Governor, H.E.R. DAO Kenya

Yvonne Kagondu

Kenya Blockchain Ladies DAO

Anie Akpe

Founder | CEO, African Women In Technology

Anie Akpe is the Founder of 'African Women In Tech' (AWIT), an Africa-based organization helping girls and women with education and mentorship within technology, as well as 'UX Diaspora', a unique community of people of color in UX, who are digitally migrating to educate, connect... Read More →

Friday September 23, 2022 14:55 - 15:30 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem

15:00 EAT

Sustainable DeFi Tokenomics

Speakers

Denham

Co-founder, Float Capital

Founder of Float.capital // Wildcards.worldBeliever in the tech, not the hype 🚂Been buidling since gas price wasn't a concernAcademic background in Computer Science 🔬 and Economics 📊 Anarchist at heart Shipooor, tradooor, OSS contributooor, lovooor

Friday September 23, 2022 15:00 - 15:30 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DeFi, DeFi

15:30 EAT

CELO in Africa

Speakers

Daniel Kimotho

CELO

Friday September 23, 2022 15:30 - 16:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

15:30 EAT

Startup Showcase - Nuzo - Honeycoin

1. Nuzo
2. Honeycoin

Speakers

Charles

Nuzo

David Nandwa

Founder, CTO, Honeycoin

Friday September 23, 2022 15:30 - 16:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Startup Showcase

16:00 EAT

Crypto Regulation: Lessons from Europe and Africa

Moderators

Norman Gabula

Norman's expertise lies in creating and drafting innovative regulatory frameworks for new technologies. He has dabbled in crypto and defi projects from when gas fees was nothing to worry about. Norman is also a founding contributor to web3lex.io, a collective of lawyers from around... Read More →

Speakers

Wangui Mwai

Regulation: Emerging technologies and Payment methods

Wangui Mwai has worked in the Fintech space and currently leads compliance operations for cryptocurrencies at a company providing financial services in Africa. She is passionate about the regulation of emerging forms of payments as a key contributor to their success.

Anelda Grové Dempster

Legal Associate, Outlier Ventures

Anelda helps early-stage Web3-focussed teams, projects and companies navigate the complex and dynamic regulatory environment facing businesses as they go from running a project to setting up a Web3 business as part of the Base Camp Accelerator Programme run by Outlier Ventures.

Friday September 23, 2022 16:00 - 16:45 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DeFi, DeFi

Subject DeFi

16:00 EAT

Algorand 101

Speakers

Dorothee Unger-Lee

Head of University Programs, Algorand Foundation

Jack O'Connor

Head of Community (EMEA), Algorand Foundation

Jack is passionate about driving growth and engagement for important causes, projects and movements that have the potential to genuinely move the dial. He fundamentally believes that humility, authenticity and integrity are the core pillars of building meaningful community engagement... Read More →

Matthew Keller

Global Head of Impact, Algorand Foundation

I run the Impact and Inclusion Vertical for the Algorand Foundation where I focus on financial inclusion, social impact, and environmental sustainability. I am in search of projects built on the Algorand Green Blockchain designed for social good. I am happy to talk with anyone interested... Read More →

Friday September 23, 2022 16:00 - 16:45 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Panel

16:00 EAT

Zero Knowledge Proof Workshop

Zero Knowledge Proofs are the future of blockchains. They can prove the validity of a statement without revealing what the statement is which can enable privacy on blockchains and other web applications. They also allow for incredible scaling of Ethereum through ZK Rollups. This workshop will cover all things Zero Knowledge- from their cryptographic history and the maths behind them to their various applications with practical examples. We can delve into the different types of zkEVMs being developed and do practical exercises so attendants can write their own zk proofs.

Speakers

Tamara Ringas

Solidity Developer, Linum Labs

Tamara Ringas is a Solidity developer at Linum Labs with a special interest in cryptography. She studied computer science and music technology at the University of Cape Town and has been involved in the blockchain ecosystem since.

Friday September 23, 2022 16:00 - 17:30 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Workshop, Dev Workshop

16:45 EAT

Blockchain Gaming - Opportunities and Pitfalls

- Africa's role in the gaming space in the future and how to prepare
- Story-driven gaming experiences
- Sustainability of NFT Games
- Why most gamers hate NFT Games
- How to avoid abusive guilds / grindtoearn
- How to make NFT games not all about earning
- How NFTs create a new modular, open design space for gaming experiences

Speakers

Jay Shapiro

Chairman, Pan African Gaming Group (PAGG) DAO

Jay Shapiro is the Chairman of the PAGG DAO - The Pan African Gaming Group - Africa’s largest gaming group with studios across the continent. He is also part of the PAGG Founder’s Council as CEO of Usiku Games in Nairobi, Kenya - A 25+ year veteran of building digital industries... Read More →

Gritts

Founder & CTO, Tollan Worlds

CTO at Tollan Words, Software Engineer with a passion to bring web3 gaming to a completely new level.

Max Musau

CEO, Jiwe

Dancharles Okoto

Founder, Senshi Games

MTech in Computer Science. Over a decade as a software engineer with experience in Blockchain, Gaming, artificial intelligence, robotics, embedded systems, data science, mobile and web development. Has built solutions for Shell Petroleum Development Company and Nigeria Youth Service... Read More →

Friday September 23, 2022 16:45 - 17:30 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, Panel

16:45 EAT

Music and Web3

How to translate into web 3?
Creating for the outside world vs creating for web 3.
How to buy and sell?
Web 3 communities.
How to bring out your message and stay unique in web 3?
Creator vs owner.
Self marketing.

Moderators

Mush from the Bush

CEO, Ndovu music

Speakers

Shelita Burke

Blockchain Music Artist

Shelita Burke is a groundbreaking Pop music artist and futurist who has achieved impressive Billboard and other chart positions without the help of major labels. Burke is the archetype of what is possible for artists as she holistically integrates her talents in data science and blockchain... Read More →

Ian Abraham

COO, Bloow

Jack O'Connor

Head of Community (EMEA), Algorand Foundation

Miguel Lizio

Ape Unit, Lab3

Friday September 23, 2022 16:45 - 17:30 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, Panel

17:30 EAT

Audacity Fund - Erikan Obotetukudo - Keynote [Remote]

Speakers

Erikan Obotetukudo

Founder & Managing Partner, Audacity

Friday September 23, 2022 17:30 - 18:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Keynote, Presentation

Subject Investing

18:00 EAT

Hackathon Demo Day & Awards

Friday September 23, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Hackathon, Demo Day

Area Main Stage

19:30 EAT

Drinks under the Baobab Tree

Friday September 23, 2022 19:30 - 22:30 EAT
Twisted Fig - Beneath the Baobabs

Socializing, Vybez

08:00 EAT

Hatha / Vinyasa

Morris Kalama
Certified yoga teacher Cape Town 2011

Saturday September 24, 2022 08:00 - 08:30 EAT
Baobab Deck

10:30 EAT

Working for a DAO

Moderators

Misspurple

Contributor, Bankless Africa

Speakers

Yoseph Ayele

Borderless World

Pieter Buikema

Aragon, ETH Africa

Mortech

Bankless DAO

Core Organizer ETHsafari, contributor at banklessDAO and a genesis team member at Bankless Africa.

Saturday September 24, 2022 10:30 - 11:15 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DAOs, DAOs

10:30 EAT

(Decentralising) on- and off-ramps

Speakers

Felix Macharia

CEO and Co-founder, Kotani Pay

Apollo Eric

Co-founder, BitLipa

Co-Founded Bitlipa to on-ramp African businesses to De-Fi liquidity pools.

Saturday September 24, 2022 10:30 - 11:15 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DeFi, Infrastructure

10:30 EAT

D-App Architecture Workshop - Part 1

Speakers

Bastian Blankenburg

CoFounder & CTO, UTU

Dr. Bastian Blankenburg is the technical co-founder and CTO of UTU. He specialises in decentralised systems, game theory and trust models. At UTU, he leads mechanism design, architecture, and AI and engineering teams.He holds a Ph.D. in CS conducted at the multi-agent systems group... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2022 10:30 - 12:00 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Workshop, Dev Workshop

11:15 EAT

Tokenisation - a new tool for startups to bootstrap and provide community ownership

Moderators

John Frank Githiaka

Benkiko

Speakers

Jason Eisen

Co-Founder and CEO, UTU

Charles

Nuzo

Zachary Marks

CoFounder, Jia

Saturday September 24, 2022 11:15 - 12:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DAOs, Panel

11:15 EAT

Digital Identity in Web3 - NFT Domains, Decentralized ID, and Biometrics

Speakers

Piotr Piwowarczyk

Worldcoin

George Mosomi

Head of Africa, Unstoppable Domains

George Mosomi is an engineer having worked on a broad range of geographically diverse blockchain technology projects over the last 10 years in Africa, Europe and S.E Asia. He is the Head of Africa for Unstoppable Domains, the largest NFT domain provider globally. His current focus... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2022 11:15 - 12:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, NFTs

12:00 EAT

Outlier Ventures Basecamp

Speakers

Matthew James Low

Senior Program Manager, Outlier Ventures

Anelda Grové Dempster

Legal Associate, Outlier Ventures

Saturday September 24, 2022 12:00 - 12:15 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

12:00 EAT

Startup Showcase - Summertime.finance - Senshi.game

1. Senshi Game
2. Summertime.Finance

Speakers

Eugene Mutai

Web3 developer & strategist, Summertime.finance

Dancharles Okoto

Founder, Senshi Games

Saturday September 24, 2022 12:00 - 12:30 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Startup Showcase

12:30 EAT

Near Protocol Presentation

Speakers

Mark Ery

Grant Team, NEAR Foundation

Hi I'm Mark and work at the NEAR Foundation in the Funding team.You can ask me questions about our Grants Program and the NEAR ecosystem

Saturday September 24, 2022 12:30 - 13:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Presentation

12:30 EAT

VC investments in Web2 vs Web3: Tokens vs Equity - Decentralized VCs

Speakers

Benjamin Son

Constellation Fund

Evan Singh Luthra

Evan is a 27 year old serial entrepreneur who is thinking of new ideas to make this world a better place. Evan started out by curating Technology news at the age of 12, After crossing quarter of a million readers - he moved on to developing mobile apps when he was just 13 , since... Read More →

Jeremiah Kamama

Summer Analyst, Audacity Fund

Jeremiah is a Summer Analyst at Audacity Fund. He’s previously worked as a Junior Machine Learning Engineer at Omdena on a World Food Program project. He’s been part of OnDeck’s Writing Fellowship as well as a scout at SHL Capital. After winning a grant from LionDAO, Columbia... Read More →

Matthew James Low

Senior Program Manager, Outlier Ventures

Saturday September 24, 2022 12:30 - 13:15 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Investing, Panel

12:30 EAT

DApp Architecture Workshop - Part 2

Speakers

Bastian Blankenburg

CoFounder & CTO, UTU

Saturday September 24, 2022 12:30 - 14:00 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Workshop, Dev Workshop

13:15 EAT

Breaking into Web3

Moderators

Sianoi Kimari

Governor, H.E.R. DAO Kenya

Speakers

Chief Nyamweya

Author, Trust Graphic Novel

Olumide Aderinwale

Program Operations, Stack Shift

Olumide Aderinwale is a Community Builder and Program Manager. He leads Program Operations at Stack Shift — where he runs a web3-focused fellowship program connecting people to high-impact opportunities in Web3. Olumide's professional career has been dedicated to championing impact-driven... Read More →

Sharon Jebitok

Software Engineer

Seunbayo

Spheron

Seunbayo is a web3 advocate, Community Advocate and Developer Advocate at Spheron Protocol with over 4+ years building products,building and managing communities. Seunbayo believes that the decentralised infrastructure of the internet is the future and is passionate about spreading... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2022 13:15 - 14:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Impact, Panel

13:15 EAT

Mobilising Climate and Social Action through Impact Tokens and Certificates

Moderators

Angelo Paolo Trinidad Kalaw

Celo Foundation

Speakers

Betty Waitherero Njoroge

Secretary to the Board, Telos Foundation

Ani Vallabhaneni

CoFounder, Sanergy

Kennedy Ng'ang'a

CEO, Shamba Network

Geospatial scientist and Regen with a passion for empowering farming communities through technology. Web3 and ReFi evangelist.

Saturday September 24, 2022 13:15 - 14:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

ReFi, Panel

14:00 EAT

"Encrypted" Documentary Presentation

Speakers

Aleksandr Belov

Coinstelegram

Saturday September 24, 2022 14:00 - 14:30 EAT
Baraza Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Presentation

14:00 EAT

Worldcoin Presentation

Speakers

Wangechi Mwangi

Worldcoin

Saturday September 24, 2022 14:00 - 14:30 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Presentation

14:00 EAT

The Evolution of the Blockchain Stack - zkEVMs, Modular Blockchains, Oracles, Storage

Moderators

Johannes Ebert

Decentralized identity expert. Previously co-founded www.gravity.earth

Speakers

Yannick Musafiri

Blockchain Engineer, APE Unit

Tamara Ringas

Solidity Developer, Linum Labs

Allan Mangeni

Orbit lead, Kenya, Filecoin Foundation

Allan Mang'eni is a software developer based in Nairobi Kenya proficient in Backend, smart contract development and tokenomics Modelling. He is pasionate about building a user owned internet by leveraging various Web 3 protocols.

Bastian Blankenburg

CoFounder & CTO, UTU

Kennedy Ng'ang'a

CEO, Shamba Network

Geospatial scientist and Regen with a passion for empowering farming communities through technology. Web3 and ReFi evangelist.

Saturday September 24, 2022 14:00 - 14:45 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Infrastructure

14:30 EAT

Filecoin - A decentralised storage protocol

Speakers

Peter Okwara

Filecoin Foundation

Peter Okwara is a Software Developer, proficient in Frontend, Backend, DevOps and Blockchain Development. He is passionate about Blockchain, the Internet of Things, Data Science and using Human Centered Design to solve problems that occur all around us. His goal is to be at the forefront... Read More →

Allan Mangeni

Orbit lead, Kenya, Filecoin Foundation

Saturday September 24, 2022 14:30 - 15:00 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Presentation

14:45 EAT

End Consumer Crypto

Speakers

Hassan

CEO, Dolacode Corporation

I'm an Engineer by profession. Having experienced crypto journey for over 7 years, I have founded a crypto startup called Satoshi Real Coin, backed up by Real Estate and is driving affordable housing agenda for middle class and low income earners across Africa. Owning a home gives... Read More →

Favour (Chigozirim) Uche

Research Assocate, Africa BlockChain Institute

Karl Moll

Head of Sales & Integrations, IDriss

Dominic Mulinda

Head of Product, Honeycoin Inc.

Passionately working on the future of payments and web3! Looking forward to connect.

Saturday September 24, 2022 14:45 - 15:30 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem

15:00 EAT

Metaversal & NFTs

Speakers

Wilfried Odero

Investment Fellow, Metaversal.gg

Saturday September 24, 2022 15:00 - 15:30 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, Presentation

15:30 EAT

Startup Showcase - BitLipa, Senshi.Game, Honeycoin, TUMA, Jia.xyz

Speakers

Zachary Marks

CoFounder, Jia

Apollo Eric

Co-founder, BitLipa

Co-Founded Bitlipa to on-ramp African businesses to De-Fi liquidity pools.

Dancharles Okoto

Founder, Senshi Games

David Nandwa

Founder, CTO, Honeycoin

Jonas Bloch

Tuma

Saturday September 24, 2022 15:30 - 16:30 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Infrastructure + Ecosystem, Startup Showcase

15:45 EAT

MetaLetters DAO for emerging artists

Speakers

Wilfried Odero

Investment Fellow, Metaversal.gg

Saturday September 24, 2022 15:45 - 16:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

16:00 EAT

NFT Art in East Africa

Being an NFT Artist, Market Trends and Evolution

Speakers

Wilfried Odero

Investment Fellow, Metaversal.gg

Dada Boipelo

Marketing lead, AfrofutureDAO

Saturday September 24, 2022 16:00 - 16:45 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

NFTs, Panel

16:30 EAT

Decentralising Insurance

1.Role of smart contracts in monitoring, weather conditions and parametric insurance triggers
2.Role of smart contracts in enhancing claims payouts for insurance contracts
3.Role of smart contracts in delivering humanitarian funding directly to farmers
4.The future of decentralised insurance; insurance risk pools, sustainable donation pools

Moderators

Benson

Acre Africa

Benson is an Ethereum Foundation fellow, on a mission to elevate his community financially, through innovation. Driving Financial inclusion for smallholder farmers in Africa & protection from climate change through ACRE Africa, a microinsurance service provider based in Kenya, Rwanda... Read More →

Speakers

Michiel Berende

CIO, Etherisc

Michiel Berende is the Chief Inclusive Officer at Etherisc, where he oversees activity pertaining to the development of the organization’s inclusive insurance offering. He first began his career in financial services as an underwriter with Dutch insurance company, Interpolis. Through... Read More →

Frisco d'Anconia

President, Africa Blockchain University

Frisco d'Anconia, an early adopter of Bitcoin in 2011, is involved with several projects. He has been traveling through Africa promoting Blockchain technologies and writing about its communities since 2016; so far, he has been to 33 countries and is still counting. Frisco is also... Read More →

Simon Mungai

Technology lead, Fortune Connect

Serial innovator in technology ,focused on Agri-value chain solutions that support the farmers, input suppliers, financial service providers, insurance providers ,farm produce off takers and policy makers.

Saturday September 24, 2022 16:30 - 17:15 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

DeFi, Panel

16:45 EAT

Niyo: Web3 Commerce and Phygitals - [Remote]

Speakers

Oyinkansola Adebayo

Founder & CEO, Niyo

Omole Grace Olayinka

Tech Lead, Niyo

Grace Omole is a B.Tech graduate of Mathematics at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. She is a blockchain app developer, trainer, mentor, writer and keynote speaker nationally and internationally who has spoken at a wide range of events on blockchain/NFTs/web3, frontend... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2022 16:45 - 17:00 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

17:00 EAT

ArtSTORM.nft - A Streetart NFT project for the transformation of urban spaces

Speakers

Josemarie

Artstorm.nft

Saturday September 24, 2022 17:00 - 17:30 EAT
Main Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

17:15 EAT

TRUST: How a graphic novel is teaching kids about blockchain technology

Speakers

Anne Connelly

Author, Trust Graphic Novel

Chief Nyamweya

Author, Trust Graphic Novel

Saturday September 24, 2022 17:15 - 17:45 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

Impact

17:15 EAT

Culture, Conservation and Web3: Our journey into the world of technology for coexistence

Today I will walk you through the journey (safari) of exploration we went through the past 12 months, exploring the intersections of culture, community, wildlife conservation, and technology and finally, I will share some of our findings and insights around the potential Web3 could play in supporting human/non-human coexistence in biodiverse ecosystems.

Speakers

Ale Mazzi

Head of Partnerships & Field Researcher, Sovereign Nature Initiative

I am Head of Partnerships & Field Researcher at Sovereign Nature Initiative,.I am interested in culture and people's relationship with the non-human world mediated by governance frameworks, economic models, and technology.I get inspiration from ecology, i.e. the relationships between... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2022 17:15 - 17:45 EAT
Valley Stage - Beneath the Baobabs

ReFi, Presentation