A piece of Africa

The year saw giant blockchain companies showing interest in Africa’s growing crypto community. The second edition of EthSafari in August, the largest gathering of Ethereum stakeholders on the continent held in Nairobi Kenya, was sponsored and enjoyed the presence of Celo, Metamask, Coinbase, Avalanche, and Polygon. In the same month, leaders from Arbitrum Scroll ETHGlobal and Optimism held a Layer 2 meet-up in Lagos.

In October, Africa was one of the first places Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 protocol launched, Coinbase’s team then proceeded to do a tour across major African cities and countries to onboard African developers and projects. By the end of the year, Coinbase was supporting multiple communities and products including Web3Bridge, Buidlers Connect, and NODO.