A Conversation with Eric Annan, Founder of Ayagigs, Africa’s Web3 Talent Marketplace

<p>Eric Annan is the founder of <a href='https://ayagigs.com/'>Ayagigs</a>, Africa’s Web3 Marketplace. Ayagigs helps early-stage startups and medium-sized companies find the right fit talents to supercharge their business. This has been featured in the likes of <a href='https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/aya-holding-inc.-is-changing-how-startups-hire-talents-with-its-launch-of-ayagigs-1031730320'>Business insider</a>, <a href='https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aya-holding-inc-changing-startups-191600130.html'>Yahoo News</a>, <a href='https://techcabal.com/2022/09/05/african-startup-aya-receives-grant-from-coinbase-giving/'>Tech Cabal </a>and a whole host of other big name media outlets. Aya is also supported by <a href='https://www.coinbase.com/'>Coinbase</a> Giving. Eric's quote:</p> <p>“Africa is going to be home to MORE than half the world’s population. In the next 6,000 days or less, there is going to be over 1 Billion young Africans aged between 0 and 30”</p> <p>In this conversation we cover things including: In this episode we discuss things like:</p> <ul><li> The State of Web3 Talent in Africa</li> <li>Aya's <a href='https://ayagigs.com/fellowship/'>Web3 Fellowship</a></li> <li>Why Eric started Ayagigs</li> <li>Why he quit his job</li> <li>The Web3 Africa Race</li> <li>And much more</li> </ul> <p> TIMESTAMPS [0:00] - Intro [1:39] - Icebreaker with Eric [4:04] - Interview begins [36:36] - Outro</p> <p>CONNECT WITH ABOUT AYA GIGS <a href='https://www.ayagigs.com'>Website </a><a href='https://www.instagram.com/ayagigs/'>Instagram</a><a href='https://www.instagram.com/noshameinmynamepod/%5C'> </a> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/ayagigs'>Linkedin</a> <a href='https://twitter.com/ayagigs'>Twitter</a> Let us know your thoughts! Join the conversation on our <a href='https://linktr.ee/thesoundofaccrapod'>Social Media</a> handles.</p> <p><a href='https://ratethispodcast.com/thesoundofaccra'>RATE THIS PODCAST ON APPLE OR SPOTIFY</a> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: <a href='https://yo