The Metaverse’s Best Unpaid Comedians

Ah, Web3. That shiny new internet frontier where decentralization is king, JPEGs are art, and everyone’s either “building” or “vibing.” But lurking just behind every DAO proposal and Discord server is a curious species: The Web3 Faker. Part hype beast, part philosopher, part DJ—this creature has mastered the art of doing absolutely nothing while sounding like they invented Ethereum in a dream. Let’s break down the typical Web3 Faker experience:The Whitepaper WhispererThey haven’t written a li...

Mantra, Laser, and the Great RWA Rug: Tales from the Terra-ble Side of DeFi

It was April 13th... You know that date that makes superstitious folks wear garlic necklaces and call their exes to apologize just in case. For Mantra DAO, it became a spiritual experience of another kind — a cleansing ritual of billions of dollars. In a move that would make even Terra Luna say "bro, chill," Mantra OM performed the DeFi equivalent of a cliff dive — from $6 to $0.40 like a badly timed cannonball. No splash, just a lot of people holding wet bags.The Plot Thickens Like Stale Uga...

Africa, We’re About to Get BaD: 7 Countries, One Mission, Infinite Vibes

In a world where DAOs are the new black and Web3 is more than just a buzzword you pretend to understand in front of your tech friends, BuildaDAO (BaD) is taking things to a whole new level of decentralized chaos and creativity. And guess what? We’re going BaD across SEVEN African countries. That’s right—seven places where jollof, nyama choma, bunny chow, and chapati are as essential as block explorers. Kenyans, you can store chapatis on decentralized nodes, your chapatis won't get messed with...

AI Is Thirsty, Hungry, and Power-Hungry — Send Nukes (for the Grid, Of Course)

Ever asked your AI assistant to write you a spicy tweet or whip up a poem about quantum pickles, only to later realize you just consumed enough electricity to toast a family-sized loaf of bread and emptied a small bottle of Keringet? Welcome to the not-so-carbon-neutral age of artificial intelligence, where each individual query requires about 3 watt-hours of electricity. That’s 10 TIMES what your Google search uses. Yes, that means asking “Is AI taking over the world?” is literally helping i...

How Blockchain Could Have Saved the British Pound (And Why Soros Would’ve Hated It) The Great British Pound Heist of 1992

“Mali ni Kujipanga”: Meet OMU40 – The Fintech Start-up Making Money Talks Less Boring for Kenyan Youth

Let’s face it. When you hear the words “financial literacy”, your brain probably does a little eye-roll and shuts down. You imagine some suit-and-tie professor preaching about compound interest and the calculus of saving, telling you to stop buying Smokie Pasua and avocadoes, imagine how much you would save if you were only drinking turungi, tho yawa, life is also about living, you can't do that on nothing. But what if financial literacy wasn’t dry, boring, or judgmental? Like… instead of ask...

From Worship to Wi-Fi: How Purple Team Brought Revival to the Jesus Tech Hackathon

Somewhere between worship music, Figma prototypes, and cups of strong coffee, the Holy Spirit met GitHub and all powered by AI. At this weekend’s Jesus Tech Hackathon, a battalion of tech-savvy believers (read: "haki yetu!" but for Jesus) gathered not for kesha, but for code. Hosted at iHub Nairobi, the event wasn’t just about WiFi — it was about “Why Faith Inspires Innovation.” And in the middle of it all stood the Purple Team, a fearless crew from Gitari with enough holy fire to part digita...

THE DOUBLE BLUFF: The Fake Trade War, Nuclear Chips, and Why Africa is Holding the Bag of Popcorn

Just when you thought it couldn’t get more dramatic than a U.S.–China slap fight staged with economic foam fingers—boom—the real plot twist emerges: This was never about soybeans. Not about tariffs. Not even about TikTok, although that one’s still emotionally confusing. This was about chips. Not the kind you dip in guac—but the kind that power everything from your phone and fridge to factory robots, self-driving tanks, and your aunt’s Alexa who keeps asking about your dating life. Yes, the si...

“Running on Hope and Hotspot: Africa’s Blockchain Revolution (Despite the Blackouts)”

Imagine trying to mint an NFT with your laptop at 3% battery, your Wi-Fi weeping softly, and your neighbor charging their phone off a solar panel duct-taped to a tin roof. Welcome to the African Blockchain Experience - where innovation meets improvisation, and sometimes, a chicken crosses your Wi-Fi path. Just pray it’s not a black cat—because here in Africa, we’ve never seen a swan, let alone a black one. And honestly, “black swan” sounds suspiciously micro-aggressive when your biggest unpre...

Bitcoin Pizza Day: When a Brother Bought Two Pizzas and Accidentally Fed the Future Billionaires' Club

Once upon a time in 2010, a Florida man did what every African mum warns us about: he wasted good money on junk food. But this wasn't just any junk food. It was two large Papa John's pizzas. Not nyama choma. Not mukimo. Not even a full goat. Just pizza. Flatbread with attitude. And what did he use to pay? Not dollars. Not Kenyan shillings. No, our guy used 10,000 bitcoins. Yes, TEN. THOUSAND. BTC, yawa!Let's pause for dramatic African silence. Back then, 10,000 BTC was worth about $41. That’s...