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A
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
so
much
sonia
for
this
incredible
introduction.
Oh
wow,
that
looks
good.
How
are
you
guys
doing
today
by
the
way
show
of
hands
who
is
been
here
in
lisbon
for
the
first
time?
B
Okay,
let's
get
a
few
people.
A
few
new
cars
awesome
awesome
awesome.
I
have
a
few
questions
before
starting
the
presentation,
just
to
kind
of
out
of
curiosity
to
just
test
a
little
bit
how
familiar
the
audience
is
on
the
continent
of
africa.
Just
tell
me:
what
do
you
think
is
the
most
populated
country
on
the
continent
of
africa,
just
scream
it
out
loud?
What
do
you
guys
think
kenya,
any
others-
south
africa,
okay,
tanzania,
any
others
interesting.
B
Indeed,
it
is
nigeria,
with
about
206
million
people.
That's
awesome
last
question:
before
we
get
into
it
the
largest
country
surface
wise
on
the
continent
of
africa.
What
do
you
guys
think
scream
it
out
loud.
B
B
The
drc:
okay,
anyone
else,
algeria
and
oils,
but
that's
one
and
two
algeria
first
with
about,
I
believe,
2.3
million,
kilometer
square
kilometers
and
then
the
congo
next,
so
all
right,
let's
just
jump
into
it
right
now,
so
yeah,
so
my
name
is
kevin
imani
I
am
leading
san
corey,
which
is
a
african-focused
blockchain
community.
That
is
right
now
in
nairobi.
B
Awesome.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
cool,
oh,
so
this
is
a
little
bit
of
an
overview.
What
we'll
talk
about
briefly
talk
about
the
history
of
san
cle,
sort
of
explain
the
meaning
of
the
name
behind
it.
I'm
going
to
the
vision,
purpose,
location,
crypto,
adoption
beautifully
talk
about
some
of
our
projects,
a
tour
that
we're
going
to
start
soon:
the
road
map,
community
growth
and
our
amazing
team.
B
So
a
story-
and
my
apologies
for
the
typo
here
supposed
to
be
centuries,
so
a
story
that
started
almost
about
seven
centuries
ago.
So
I
always
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
explain
a
little
bit
more
the
context
behind
why
we
called
san
cote
in
the
first
place
right
and
really
what
it
is
is
that
it
is
the
oldest
educational
center.
On
the
continent
of
africa,
since
the
12th
century-
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
know
about
a
king
called
mansa
musa
in
mali.
B
He
is
as
of
now
the
wealthiest
and
was
the
wealthiest
person
on
the
planet
and
sankore
being
a
university
actually
sort
of
an
educational
center
was
the
most
innovative,
the
high-tech
university
or
educational
center
on
the
continent
of
africa,
and
it
was
seen
as
such
a
prestigious
place
that
professors
that
would
come
and
teach
there
would
have
to
actually
go
to
other
universities,
like
in
algeria
in
egypt
for
many
many
years
only
to
become
competent
enough
to
come
to
mali
and
teach.
B
So
the
really
the
reason
behind
what
we
have
here-
and
this
is
one
of
the
backyards
that
they
had
in
mali-
is
that
what
I
and
the
team
owners
were
trying
to
do
is
that
they
kind
of
bring
back.
What
we
know
was
indigenous
to
the
land
of
africa
to
really
the
the
continent
of
africa,
which
is
a
high-tech,
innovative
educational
center.
B
Now,
with
the
web
3
revolution
really
in
nairobi,
kenya
and
also
kind
of
larger
in
africa-
and
this
is
why
we
call
it
2.0
right,
it's
kind
of
the
second
generation
of
that
so
based
on
values
of
quality,
credibility
and
consistency.
This
is
sort
of
the
values
that
we're
trying
to
conduct
all
activities
with,
and
I
think
it's
it's
in
sort
of
changes,
the
narrative
really
to
what
we
know
about
africa
and
and
the
quality
that
can
come
from
the
continent
so
to
jump
into
it.
B
Our
goal
is
to
onboard
projects
on
the
new
protocol,
and
so
these
projects
obviously
are
solutions
to
regional
problems
that
we
know-
and
this
is
sort
of
the
objective
that
we
have
as
a
guild
in
the
ecosystem.
B
So
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
vision.
Is
that
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
that
we're
trying
to
develop
a
hubspot
of
blockchain
activities
in
different
cities
which
will
sort
of
become
nodes
in
and
out
of
themselves.
B
So
by
hubspot
I
mean
educational
value,
I'm
talking
about
integration,
community
growth,
awareness
and
and
onboarding
people
within
the
ecosystem
and
really
providing
value
to
our
audience
and
that's
what
we
believe
we
want
to
do
in
right
now
in
kenya,
in
nairobi
and
the
reason
why
I
realized
that
we
still
believe
that
there's
so
many
problems
that
can
be
solved
with
crypto
on
the
continent
of
africa.
So
there's
so
many.
B
What
kind
of
gives
you
an
idea
of
the
opportunities
really
that
blockchain
technology
can
provide
to
solve
regional
problems
and
why
kenya,
just
to
briefly
go
through
it?
Some
of
you
may
know
it's
seen
as
silicon
savannah
in
africa
often
seen
as
a
technical
giant
really
on
the
continent
of
africa
and
there's
a
few
reasons
for
that.
One
of
the
reasons
is
seen
as
actually
in
2020
it
was
listed
as
top
five
on
the
global
crypto
adoption
index
and
also
second
year
of
the
highest
volume
of
p2p
transaction.
B
So
it
sort
of
gives
you
an
idea
really
that
it's
becoming
more
and
more
really
the
face
of
technological
innovation
and
just
a
few
other
numbers
here,
40
more
open
source
repository
on
github,
more
than
any
other
continent
which
is
in
africa
and
also
highest
volume
of
bitcoin
searches,
was
found
in
nigeria
a
few
years
ago.
B
So
this
kind
of
gives
you
an
idea
why
you
want
to
be
located
in
the
continent,
but
specifically
also
for
kenya,
and
this
is
sort
of
where
I
want
to
go
into
the
gist
of
my
presentation.
Is
it's
important
for
us
to
always
understand
how
can
we
make
blockchain
relevant
to
the
continent
of
africa
to
specifically
the
people
right?
B
So
this
is
really
what
we
will
we
we
want
to
keep
in
our
mind,
and
all
our
activities
is
how
relevant
is
this
for
the
people
and
we
believe
that
we've
done
this
in
three
pillars,
which
is
really
the
core
I'd,
say:
departments
of
san
kuri,
the
first
one,
as
many
of
you
may
know,
is
education.
Education
is
essential.
People
need
to
understand
what
the
space
is
about.
B
Why
is
it
important
and
why
should
they
care
and
we
still
are
early
it's?
I
cannot
stress
this
enough.
I
talk
to
everybody
about
this.
Is
we're
so
early
and
it's
not
just
the
fact
that
sorry,
it's
not
just
you
know,
even
in
the
west,
you
know
blockchain
and
crypto
integration
still
early,
but
specifically
for
the
continent
of
africa
is
incredibly
early,
and
that
excites
me
more
than
anything,
because
I
see
opportunities
with
that.
B
So
what
we
do
here
now
we're
trying
to
build
a
developer
community
and
teach
them
how
to
code
on
near
protocol
and
kind
of
like
incentivize
them
to
learn
more
about
the
ecosystem
and
the
different
projects
they
can
join
and
also
develop
themselves
and
we're
also
looking
at
the
opportunities
to
develop
our
own
trainings,
our
own
courses
as
well
sort
of
an
introduction
to
defy
on
the
continent
of
africa
an
introduction
of
nfts
on
the
corner
to
africa.
B
When
was
that
introduced
and
and
who,
why
should
creators
really
care
about
this
and
what
will
really
change
for
them
as
well?
B
The
second
one,
as
we
are
actually
very
much
honored
and
happy
to
be
part
and
a
member
of
the
open
forest
protocol,
so
really
what
it
is,
is
an
mrv
tool
that
facilitates
the
way
forest
managers
are
measuring
their
data
in
replanting
trees,
and
this
is
an
amazing
opportunity
that
we
have
and
equally.
This
is
also
how
we
believe
blockchain
becomes
relevant
on
the
continent
of
africa,
because
it
is
needed.
Obviously,
it's
a
response
to
climate
and
so
yeah.
B
So
this
is
one
of
the
one
of
our
pillars
next
to
education,
that
we're
focused
on
and
we
try
and
provide
the
value
and
drive
the
open
forest
protocol
adoption
across
the
east
africa
and,
if
not
the
whole
continent
of
africa
and
the
third
pillar.
Equally,
as
important
is
solutions
right,
we're
intentional
about
this.
We
want
to
solve
problems,
regional
problems
and
develop
open
source
solutions
for
that
and
going
on
into
what
we
currently
have,
which
I'm
very
happy
to
talk
about,
and
alina
stressed
upon
it
a
little
bit
as
well.
We
currently
have.
B
This
is
a
little
bit
normal
if
you
forgot
about
the
slide,
so
basically
education,
climate
and
solution
right.
So
we
currently
have
two
projects
that
I'm
very
happy
and
honestly,
I
I
thought
that
these
projects
should
have
come
three
years
from
now,
because
it
takes
time
you
have
to
sort
of
establish
your
presence.
People
need
to
know
what
you
do,
who
you
are
build,
trust
which
is
very
difficult,
and
then
only
you
can
get
to
start
working
on
projects,
but
we
already
have
two
projects.
B
One
of
the
projects
is
one
that
we
have
with
the
local
kenyan
company,
which
is
a
modeling
company.
What
we
call
a
mother
agent,
so
basically
it's
the
company
basically
sort
of
mentors
models,
african
models,
king
and
models,
how
to
navigate
within
the
modeling
industry
and
we're
developing,
actually
an
application
for
them
and
I'll
go
into
details
with
that
in
just
a
little
bit.
Second,
application
is
what
will
become
near's
very
first
africa-focused
nft
marketplace,
built
on
min
base.
B
B
Her
name
is,
and
she
herself
is
a
model-
she's
been
a
model
for
about
10
to
15
years,
she's
running
the
company
based
in
kenya,
and
this
is
sort
of
the
quote
that
sort
of
navigates
really
what
it
is
that
we
try
to
do
is
financial
transparency,
there's
a
lack
of
financial
transparency
in
the
modeling
industry
and
she
believes,
as
we
all
believe,
really
that
it
is
often
overlooked
and
lagging
so
here.
B
What
we're
currently
doing
with
this
project
is
we're
conducting
research
to
kind
of
better,
better
understand
the
different
pain
points
from.
Why
is
it
that
you
know
certain
stakeholders
within
the
supply
chain
of
the
modeling
industry
hold
on
to
budgets
after
the
models
completed
their
jobs
three
to
12
months?
That's
a
problem
can
be
solved
with
smart
contracts,
locking
the
money,
storing,
locking
it
within
within
a
smart
contract,
and
whenever
the
conditions
are
set,
then
these
can
be
split
within
royalties.
B
For
makeup
artists,
production
team,
the
people
do
the
fitting
the
models
themselves,
the
photographers.
So
these
are
the
research
that
we're
doing,
gathering
the
data
and
providing
a
story.
We're
telling
a
story.
I'm
really
big.
B
On
storytelling,
I
think
it
you
captivate
the
idea
better
when
you
provide
us,
we
explain
something
through
a
story
and
we're
going
to
be
releasing
soon
an
animation
video
actually,
which
eventually
will
also
become
a
trailer
to
really
what
it
is
that
we
try
to
do
and
for
you
guys
to
get
a
little
bit
more
of
an
idea.
I
hope
I
can
play
this
video.
This
is
niemoye.
B
B
One
on
the
presentation:
yeah:
there
you
go
it's
it's
playing,
it's
there's
no
sound
to
it.
It's
just
right,
so
this
is
her
in
in
nairobi
in
her
on
her
set
and
as
I
mentioned
right,
she's
she's,
helping
models,
mentoring
them
and
obviously
you
know
helping
them
navigate
within
the
industry,
because,
obviously,
if
you're
a
new
remodel
sometimes
can
be
very
difficult
and
that's
one
of
the
problems
that
we're
noticing
right
a
lot
of
models,
don't
know
that
there's
a
lack
of
transparency
in
the
way
they
get
paid.
B
So
we
have
an
opportunity
to
work
with
this
model,
and
what
really
I'm
mostly
excited
about
is
that
this
is
an
opportunity
for
nir
to
pretty
much
onboard
a
whole
new
audiences,
a
whole
new,
really
audience
from
the
continent
of
africa
into
the
ecosystem
and
there's
nothing
like
it.
Nft
marketplace
is
still
very
new
and
especially
on
the
continent
of
africa.
B
It
is
new
because
there
really
isn't
much
of
a
platform
that
sort
of
unifies
these
different
creatives
and
provides
value
through
nfts,
and
we
hope
to
do
that
with
principal
payment,
which
is
called
the
project
is
called
spill
planet,
and
this
is
kind
of
the
last
project
that
we're
working
with,
and
this
is
actually
also
where
the
canadian
company
of
the
creatives
and
we're
trying
to
build
through
that
equally,
an
african-focused
nfc
marketplace
with
them
and
they
hold
concerts
events,
workshops,
seminars
with
bunch
of
different
artists,
quite
excited
to
to
work
with
that.
B
It's
it's
in
the
works,
we're
hoping
to
build
that
on
min
base
with
the
dow
structure
in
place
and
so
depending
on,
mostly
for
how
funds
are
going
to
be
shared
and
and
organized,
and
that's
again,
an
opportunity
for
nir
to
kind
of
accelerate
the
dow
program
that
they
have
and
that's
specifically
on
the
continents
of
africa.
B
So
we
currently
are
looking
at
the
software
licenses
or
these
the
you
know
confirming
the
agreement,
software
agreements
with
them
and
working
with
solution.
Architects-
and
this
is
the
last
thing
I'll
talk
about-
which
is
I'm
incredibly
excited
for
that.
It's
a
crypto
kenya
tour
that
we're
starting
actually
next
week
on
november,
2nd
first
city
will
be
mombasa
first
time
ever
happened,
never
happened
before
the
crypto
tour
in
kenya,
which
will
be
based
on
these
objectives
and
these
outcomes,
so
we're
hitting
five
cities.
B
Five
events
about
50,
000
people,
our
goals
is
to
identify
talent
and
I'm
talking
about
graphic
designers,
web
designers,
project
managers,
soft
community
community,
engagers
social
media,
moderators
developers
are
identifying
every
single
one
of
them
and
on
boarding
them
into
the
ecosystem
and
showing
them
how
much
opportunities
they
can
be
doing
and
we're
expecting
to
provide
awareness,
teach
them
a
blockchain
teach
them
about
mir
what
it
does
showcase
opportunities
as
well
like
I
mentioned,
50
000
people
in
pre
activities,
1000
people
in
all
the
events
and
5
million
digital
impressions.
B
We're
working
with
local
news
companies
as
well
and
the
target
audience,
as
you
can
see,
is
crypto
traders,
tech
hubs,
fintech
professionals,
policymakers,
accountants,
college
universities
and
imagine
stands
at
college
lounges
universities
sitting
there
having
everybody
open,
a
neighborhood
account
everybody
get
nft
ticket
or
nft's
attached
to
that
and
providing
a
space
to
educate
right
telling
them.
What
is
near?
What?
Why
should
you
care,
and
why
is
that
going
to
change
in
the
next
coming
years?
So
this
is
what
we're
going
to
do
now.
B
This
is
sort
of
the
roadmap
right,
so
we're
going
to
go
to
mombasa,
which
is
second
largest
city
in
kenya,
then
kasumu
and
then
eventually
we'll
start
developing
the
the
nft
platform
go
into
the
tour
in
december
as
well,
and
this
is
a
little
bit
of
an
estimate.
These
numbers
are,
I'm
happy
to
say,
they're,
not
fully
accurate,
because
we
have
more,
not
teams
but
telegram
followers
on
twitter
as
well.
B
So
we
got
52,
I
believe
telegram
members
over
260
followers
on
twitter
and
looking
at
that,
I'm,
like
we've,
only
been
around
for
what
three
months
it's
unreal
like
it's,
I'm
looking
at
them,
like
my
team,
has
done
incredible
work.
I'm
talking
about
my
team.
This
is
part
of
my
team.
Magnus
decay
he's
sitting
right
there
very
much
happy
to
be
working
with
him,
our
marketing
guru
and
my
confidant
helping
me
out
in
a
lot
of
my
crazy
ideas
and
structuring
them.
For
me,
there
we
have
ariana
marchetti.
B
Maybe
you
guys
have
known
her
as
la
devoshka
on
twitter
and
medium
she's.
Reading,
writing.
She's.
Been
writing
really
amazing
articles
for
us
and
nft
blogs
as
well.
B
We
have
timothy
nulani
pakun,
we've
both
studied
together
at
oxford,
incredible
researcher,
very
much
knowledgeable
on
sort
of
navigating
more
specific
in
nigeria,
but
sort
of
the
business
world
there
we
have
martin
shaw
he's
been
helping
me
out
all
throughout
oxford
as
well,
just
helping
me
out
with
my
papers
and
he's
really
good
in
sort
of
like
providing
a
good
narrative
and
a
tone
and
how
to
talk
to
your
audience.
We
have
john
curranja
super
honored
to
work
with
him.
B
He
has
been
the
only
one
who's
been
pushing
for
blockchain
education
in
kenya
for
the
last
10
years,
literally,
the
only
one
incredible
guy
also
oxford
alumni.
Then
we
have
pretzep.
He
has
been
in
the
I.t
space
for
over
20
years,
builds
several
businesses
he's
equally
our
cfo
and
also
happens
to
be
my
dad
so
which
is
pretty
cool,
and
this
is
myself
kevin
known
as
mazzy
on
telegram
and
happy
to
yeah
be
part
of
this
team
and
I'm
in
touch
I'm
very
much
accessible.
I'm
teachable!
I
want
to
learn.