NFTS = speculation+value🤖

NFTs have become a buzz word in recent times so you must have heard of it somehow. Well, if you haven't, they are digital items that can be purchased and traded using blockchain technology. While the current hype of NFTs is largely around digital arts, an NFT can be anything digital — be it music, images, videos, cards, documents, et cetera. People can "Tokenize" these items by producing a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought and traded as NFTs.

Presently, Africans are becoming more interested in NFTs, and they are flooding the space for speculative reasons. Last week, we asked in a poll what the most important use case for NFTS could be. The majority of our audience voted arts. However, Africans can do more with NFTs than flipping digital arts for quick profits.

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Join us on Thursday, May 19th, 2022, to discuss the possibilities of NFTs for Africans beyond speculation. Speakers for this space are Abieyuwa, disciplinary Artist and curator; Jay Shapiro, CEO, Pan African Gaming Group (PAGG); Chris Malize, NFTs and Web3 community builder, Delz Erinle, co-founder, Thrill Dao. Join the conversation!

Meet our speakers.

Jay Shapiro is the founder of Usiku game, a social impact gaming company. Shapiro started his career as a marketing strategist, and has a 25-year track record. He is the successful techpreneur that founded the digital marketing agency, Blue, and the world’s largest mobile app publisher, Appmakr. Shapiro is currently building the African gaming industry for the next one billion players by exploring blockchain gaming.

Chris Malize is an NFT, and web3 community builder that focuses on using amazing stories to actualize different projects' marketing goals. Malize is versed in web3, NFTs, DeFi, Gaming, Metaverse, Bitcoin, Etherum and Polkadot. He is the global ambassador of Astar network, a smart contract hub for WASM + EVM on polkadot. 

Dels Erinle is the founder, and metaverse UXD lead for Thrill DAO. The organisation focuses on researching, and designing new products using web3 technology like gaming, voice, crypto, and extended reality. As a lifelong student of innovation, and entrepreneurship, Erinle is dedicated to his contribution to the creation of the metaverse. 

Abieyuwa is a multidisciplinary artist, and photographer who experiments with technology to explore black women in contemporary society. She is the head of the African art community, Fwbcollection, and Cyberbaat. Through curating, and organising NFT exhibitions, Abieyuwa sheds light on black women in the space, thereby creating a way for collectors to purchase their art. 

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