Discovering Bitcoin Through the #EndSARS Movement, Feat. Yele Bademosi & Akin Sawyerr

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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</span> <a href= "http://coindesk.com/price/bitcoin"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">bitcoin</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to help the movement. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, Yele and Akin discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The state of the economy in Nigeria leading into the protests</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Generational differences in political action </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the #EndSARS protests exploded into action in October</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the movement turned to bitcoin to avoid bank confiscation </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How crypto can play a role in a brighter future</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find our guests online:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yele Bademosi -</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/YeleBademosi"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">twitter.com/YeleBademosi</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Akin Sawyerr -</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AkinSawyerr"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">twitter.com/AkinSawyerr</span></a></p>