A successful golf day for @AvaxAfrica 🔺 150 golfers wearing @AvaxTeam1 merch. 80+ businesses interested in exploring Avalanche. 5 businesses already in meetings with us, including one major opportunity. Community and student events are important, but so is getting Avalanche in front of established IRL businesses.

pov: somebody says “Team1!” and everybody knows the assignment:👆🏽😅 just builders, community & good vibes 🔺. more students learning, more builders entering the ecosystem, and the community continuing to grow in South Africa. @AvaxAfrica @AvaxTeam1

Team1 x Gold Rush Golf Day. 150 golfers. Jacaranda Radio. Nick Archibald on the mic. Bafana Bafana players and the National Lottery in the room. But the real win was putting @AvaxTeam1 in front of major SA businesses and starting conversations that are already opening doors.

I’ve experienced racism in Web3 on a level that has shocked me. Growing up in South Africa, within the circles I moved in, I never heard people speak about other races, nationalities or entire continents the way I’ve heard some Americans speak on Crypto Twitter. And sometimes it has come from people I considered friends. I’m very quick to unfollow and cut people off when I see the circles and conversations they choose to participate in. Recently I watched it happen in a group connected to an exchange, comments about Africa, comments about the way I look and attacks because I defended the continent I come from. Racism aside, from a BUSINESS perspective, fading entire regions like Africa or India while building a crypto exchange is insane to me! The data is right there. Sub-Saharan Africa’s on chain crypto activity grew roughly 52% YoY. APAC grew 69%. India ranked #1 globally for crypto adoption in 2025. Nigeria ranked #6. These are not markets you ridicule and then expecting to build a global crypto business. If people around you are making racist comments about the very markets your company could one day depend on and you’re too worried about fitting in to tell them to stop, that says a lot about your leadership. Racism is disgusting. But racism combined with arrogance toward some of the fastest growing crypto markets in the world is also terrible business. The world is much bigger than your Crypto Twitter group chat. Get that in your head. These people won’t fund your business buddy.

If you had told first-year me that 10 years later I’d be back in the same classroom I once sat in, but this time delivering a Team1 x UJ Workshop…I genuinely would not have believed you. Today was special. Cheers to impact !🥂🔺 @AvaxTeam1 @AvaxAfrica

Africa is a lot bigger than a lot of you realise. And I don’t only mean on the map. And some of you need to change your perspective on Africa! This week, 164 countries backed a UN resolution pushing for maps that actually show continents in their true relative size. The map most of us grew up with makes Greenland look almost comparable to Africa. Africa is actually 14x bigger. And actually I think the map explains a lot. Because not only is Africa drawn smaller, it’s thought of as smaller too. Everyone likes to look down on Africa. The opportunity here, the people building, the size of these markets so much of it is still super underestimated. Everyone keeps talking about Africa like it’s the next big market. But those of us working here can see it happening already. Makes you wonder what else we’ve been getting wrong about Africa.

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Team1 Korea is Officially Here 🇰🇷 Avalanche is winning in Korea with incredible adoption across business, institutions, and payments. We are here to double down on those efforts and empower the community to build Avalanche. Prior to launching an official Team1 chapter, in Korea we have been actively contributing to the growth of the ecosystem and onboarding talent to Avalanche. 🔺500+ builders and 12 teams onboarded through Demo Days 🔺200+ developers activated across university tours 🔺80+ founders connected at founder connect events 🔺2,000+ attendees at side events during Korea Blockchain Week Our mission is to transform Korea into a primary builder and talent hub as well as support adoption across consumer, stablecoins, payments etc. That means real programs, real pathways, and real outcomes. 🔺Local builder hubs, demo days and investor connections 🔺Technical workshops for developers 🔺Founder support and direct access to Avalanche programs 🔺Community meetups and social events 🔺University tours across the region Korea is already onchain Korea is one of the leaders for onchain adoption while many markets still debate it. Blockchain and Avalanche are used by many enterprises and institutions thanks to the regional business development team. Team1 Korea is here to build on those efforts and empower the local community to grow Avalanche too. Join our telegram community and Luma below to connect with the community 👇

Had such a fantastic time celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day with the Joburg Web3 community! Enjoyed it dzownnnnn!!! 🍕 Thank you @Angeiki_BTC for hosting such a great event! 👑

This past Saturday we did a deep dive into Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) exploring different smart contract standards(ERC-721 and ERC-1155), metadata ,IPFS and more .By the end of the session each of our members had minted an NFT From scratch . Follow us for more updates.

Serious builders in Johannesburg this is for you 💯 National Treasury is moving to change how crypto operates in South Africa. We think this is exactly the right moment to get in a room and talk about what it means for those of us building in this space. If this convo strikes a code for you... RSVP to join: luma.com/8261dy5l

Big energy on this. Swarm Village feels like one of those quiet but pivotal moves for the agentic future. Eagerly watching this unfold and what builders it brings together 🐝

The trust issues are real, I won't lie. But so is the tech. This article by @africasblock helped clear a lot of confusion for me 👇 medium.com/@africablockchain… @sandiii____ @PBlockxx @mai_lemex @MateaKenneth @d3nz3lSE @DoctorDeFi 4/4

We brought together students, community & ecosystem partners for a hands-on Blockchain 101 at @go2uj with @ujblockchain. Shoutout @StellarOrg South Africa for the technical session & Peter Manda for sharing knowledge on @CyfrinUpdraft #Web3Africa #HERDAOSouthAfrica

Applications are live. Introducing Rust School 🦀 We’re opening education scholarships for a new kind of Rust learning experience - built for beginners who want to become real systems builders. @IronClawAI

Calling all blockchain builders in Joburg! @herdaosa x @ujblockchain are hosting a FREE Blockchain Training at @go2uj 🇿🇦 📅 April 11 | 10AM–1PM SAST 📍 Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Lab B2 219, Auckland Park Campus 🔐 Register before April 10 👇

Last Saturday Our new members kicked off their journey with a Blockchain 101 session, covering fundamentals through to coding their first smart contracts. 🧵Thread

Last Saturday at ABC: We were honored to be joined by esteemed visitors from the ANC Youth League Office, Vodacom Executive Head of Business Development Kevin Odudoh, and WeThinkCode Executive Chairperson Nyari Samushonga, who shared words of encouragement and wisdom thread🧵