Ep #3: The Significance of Bitcoin for the Unbanked with Paul Obinna Yirenkyi

In this episode we interviewed our first Ghanaian-Nigerian guest, Paul Obinna Yirenkyi. He is a digital asset consultant and a part-time cryptocurrency investor and enthusiast.

In this episode we cover

• Bitcoin adoption in Ghana
• How bitcoin gives people financial autonomy
• What bitcoin signifies for Africans
• Why bitcoin education is important
• How Africans use bitcoin the most
• How bitcoin can provide access to financial services to the unbanked
• Is it possible to get bitcoin to the unbanked where there's no infrastructure?
• Amazing potential of the lightning network for international transfers/remittances
• How to tackle the objection to bitcoin being able to help the unbanked
• What’s the government’s role to proper adoption of financial services to the unbanked
• Challenges startups might have to bring bitcoin technology to the unbanked in Africa
• Why governments and regulators need to understand bitcoin, its benefits and the opportunities it provides

Follow Paul Obinna Yirenkyi on Twitter @kidbold

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