Farida Nabourema

BuilderCryptob. 1990· Togolese

Togolese activist and writer who founded the Africa Bitcoin Conference, Africa's largest bitcoin gathering, grown from 400 attendees in Accra in 2022 to over 2,000 across later editions in Nairobi and Port Louis. She directs the Togolese Civil League and champions bitcoin as protest money for movements facing frozen accounts and surveilled payments. Her essays examine how hard-currency dependence constrains African economies.