Christian Duffus, an African American entrepreneur from Washington DC with roots in Nigeria, has reimagined one of Africa’s most iconic digital innovations
/Christian Duffus, an African American entrepreneur from Washington DC with roots in Nigeria has reimagined one of Africa’s most iconic digital innovations, prepaid airtime, with the help of a polarizing technology – crypto. His mission, to unlock the potential for millions of Africans in web3, a term ascribed to a supposed rebrand of the internet.
But crypto, web3 and its proponents are facing an uphill climb in convincing everyone else, especially in light of recent mammoth-sized algorithmic liquidations, wild volatility price swings and a wave of regulatory clampdowns. The industry can’t seem to catch a break and the aftermath is fueling a brutal news cycle that is piling pressure on crypto entrepreneurs to prove utility.
In the midst of crypto winter, Christian is bucking the trend by doubling down on his bet that, prepaid airtime, combined with crypto, is the key to unlocking the potential of Africans in the new web economy.