African diaspora sends home $70 billion what the remittances back home. "We're able to reimagine a financial ecosystem that actually allows us to become insiders for the first time," Apropalton says.
What would it look like to create a new country using crypto as a coordination technology?
Join us today as Chika and Eche from Afropolitan detail their plan to begin with an NFT PFP project and end up with a country. ------ 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless in September. Bankless Citizens get 30% off https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless
0:00 Intro 9:05 Starting a New Country 12:35 Public Perception Of The Idea 14:23 The Nation State Has Failed In Africa 16:49 What Was The Berlin Conference? 19:56 Defining Diaspora 25:43 Explaining Network States 29:52 The Solutions a Network State Provides 32:40 Giving Africans A Voice 38:44 How To Reach Afropolitan Endgame 43:45 How an NFT PFP Project Fits In 53:39 Phase 2 And Beyond 1:00:32 A Competitor To The Nation State 1:05:51 Acquiring Legitimacy 1:12:00 How Does Crypto Fit Into This Picture? 1:15:46 The Afropolitan Currency 1:18:22 Are Eche and Chica About That Life? 1:21:29 Long Term Bull Case 1:26:58 Outro + Risks and Disclaimers