Building in web3 for Africa and the Global South w/Tony Olendo

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Building Onchain

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10 episodes

1 day ago

A podcast featuring weekly conversations with your favourite web3 builders, spotlighting cool projects and who's building them.

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A podcast featuring weekly conversations with your favourite web3 builders, spotlighting cool projects and who's building them.

Technology

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Building in web3 for Africa and the Global South w/Tony Olendo

Building Onchain

35 minutes 19 seconds

1 year ago

Building in web3 for Africa and the Global South w/Tony Olendo

In this episode, we meet Tony Olendo and learn about his journey into web3, and what he is currently building with Vifi - a stablecoin protocol for the global south. He also shares his thoughts on building an African L2, onboarding web2 developers, web3 hot takes and more.Tony co-founded Vifi (Virtual Finance) and is a developer with over 10 years of industry experience. He has worked in web3 as a developer building DAO tooling at Coordinape and led Devrel at Polygon. He is also a co-founder of Protocol-Explorer.Here's how to keep up with Tony and what he is building :Tony's Twitter : https://x.com/tonyolendoVifi Twitter : https://x.com/vifi_ccVifi website : https://www.virtualfinance.xyz/Vifi launch announcement : https://x.com/tonyolendo/status/1810519733688545378Protocol explorer Twitter: https://x.com/protocolxplorerProtocol Explorer website: https://www.protocolexplorer.com/

TIME STAMPS:

00:00 Intros and proof of Tony

01:06 Starting out in web3

02:45 Coolest thing he’s built onchain

04:03 Least favorite project he’s worked on

05:02 Getting rugged in Web3

07:15 Tony’s role in Protocol Explorer and what to expect from them

10:48 Current problems with onboarding African Developers 14:23 Is Tony building an African L2

18:48 Introducing Vifi, what they're building and why

23:30 Last thing Tony coded

24:00 Best part of building in web3

24:44 Worst part of building in web3

27:00 Tony’s web3 hot take he could get cancelled for

29:18 Favorite web3 meme

30:03 Favorite web3 pickup line?

30:44 Interesting web3 projects on his radar

32:00 Best advice he’s received

33:10 Worst advice he’s received

34:38 Someone he would like to see on the podcast