engineer - tech and innovation addict - blockchain enthusiast - Founder of EtherAfrica the first meetup in Europe about implementing blockchain tech in Africa
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Lamine Diallo retweeted
We really need VCs to step up to the plate and start subsidizing our lives again.
$52 to DoorDash a pizza?
$105 Uber rides to the airport?
$800 for a WeWork desk?
$350 Airbnb cleaning fees?
SoftBank needs to step in and cut those costs by 85% again.
Verifying my identity for @viamirror
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Lamine Diallo retweeted
There is a widespread belief amongst financial commentators that the problem of international payments has been "solved" by fintechs such as @Wise.
Let me show you how this isn't true.
Lamine Diallo retweeted
10 KENYANS LEADING INNOVATIONS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
1⃣ Eva Ngigi-Sarwari
The year is 2019 and Standard Chartered Bank launched its Africa innovation hub in Kenya. Eva would later become the lead in January 2020 & 9 months later she became the country manager for Visa
Lamine Diallo retweeted
I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that.
As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵
Lamine Diallo retweeted
My mind naturally found succor in poetry. As a child and a youth, the unstructured, untrained nature of my mind could never find a logical, proper, prose kind of expression. That is why poetry became such a great part of my life.
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Lamine Diallo retweeted
Ether Africa Inaugural Meetup at the University of Nairobi happening tomorrow, May 16, 2018, 2:30 - 4:30 PM feat @pesa_africa (Chairman, @BlockchainKenya) and @KaranjaJohn (Founder, @BitHubAfrica) See details: bit.ly/EtherAfrica #LearnBlockchainKE
Lamine Diallo retweeted
It was good meeting @cz_binance to discuss blockchain technology and learn about cryptocurrencies. This new technology can do a lot for Africa, and grow our knowledge economy.
Q&A with @ConsenSys at #EthCC
Investors are looking for 6 monthd to 3 years cycles vs 10-15 years in the traditional financing world
Lamine Diallo retweeted
TECH GIANT Google enables M-Pesa Express payments on the Google Play Store allowing Kenyan Android users to pay for apps via mobile money instead of cards; move probably a first in the world.
Golix one of the few cryptos exchanges on the continent offer a solution for Zimbabwe economic crisis...#ATSKGL #blockchain
Good conversations at the african tech summit Kigali with gather for 2 days the best of african tech leaders..#ATSKGL
Lamine Diallo retweeted
Dr Hamadoun Touré @EDSmartAfrica also met with @swift 'regional head Sido Bestani and @sitahlango regarding digital payments and interoperability standardization for Africa.
