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How BuildaDAO is Turning Africa Into One Giant DAO Party

Fabian Owuor

Fabian Owuor

If you're looking for a boring DAO that only cares about DeFi yield and vibes in spreadsheets — keep scrolling.
But if you're down for a pan-African Web3 revolution backed by discipline and just enough memes to keep your gas fees low and your spirits high... welcome to BuildaDAO.(Coz we BAD like that)

From Turkana to Aflao, from Ethiopia to Botswana, we're building a continent-sized DAO, one smart contract at a time — powered by passion, purpose, and probably too much late-night Jollof-fueled coding.

1. Think Long-Term, Act with Purpose (Even if You Miss Zoom Meetings in 3 Time Zones)

While most DAOs are busy chasing the next airdrop, we're busy building for 2035 — the year Africa wins the Web3 World Cup or at least launches a Layer 1 that doesn't rug.

We're not in this for the quick flip. We’re in it for the long-term flips, the kind that pay school fees, buy goats, and send kids to build dApps.

2. Own Your Niche, Master Your Craft (Yes, Even Meme Lords Have a Role)

Whether you’re a Solidity wizard in Lagos, a Figma ninja in Nairobi, or the unofficial meme advisor in Turkana (shoutout to Kev the Meme Oracle), you’ve got a place here.

Everyone’s a specialist. Even the guy who only joins meetings to say “bullish on community” – we call him Head of Morale Ops.

3. Innovate Relentlessly, Deliver Excellence (With WiFi from a Chicken Coop if You Must)

Cameroon’s squad once built an NFT minting tool during a blackout, using tethered internet from a cow named Blessing (don’t ask). That’s the BuildaDAO spirit: ship it, no excuses.

Innovation doesn’t sleep, especially not when the bots are already tweeting your roadmap.

4. Grow the Community, Grow the Talent (And Maybe Grow Beards Too)

In Kenya, we host workshops with chapati and code. In Ghana, we remix Afrobeats into Solidity tutorials. And in Nigeria? You never sabi wetin be passion until DAO person begin break down gas optimization for pidgin.

We grow talent like it’s maize season. And yes, mentorship is our fertilizer.

5. Rooted in Africa, Reaching the World (With WiFi Permission from Auntie)

Ethiopia brings ancient wisdom. Botswana brings quiet brilliance. Ghana brings that "we did it first" energy. Turkana? Raw innovation.

We’re showing the world that Africa isn’t a market — it’s a movement. One that’s multilingual, multi-chain, and occasionally powered by sambusas and stubborn determination.

6. Decentralized Yet Disciplined (Like Auntie’s Rules, But DAO-ified)

Our governance model is part DAO, part “you better explain that proposal in the group chat.” It’s lean, clean, and somehow still runs even when Nigeria has NEPA issues.

Our contributors vote, ship, and get paid — unless they ghost the weekly check-in. Then, the Meme Oracle deals with them (through very sarcastic GIFs).

7. Financially Conscious, Collectively Resilient (Because Treasury ≠ Vibes)

We don’t YOLO the treasury on monkey JPEGs. We budget. We reward. We build. In fact, our last surplus bought laptops for students in Botswana and airtime for coders in Turkana.

Bear market? We’ve seen worse — like when Ethiopia’s squad accidentally staked the chai fund. (It was a rough week.)

8. Culture of Care and Contribution (Or as Ghana Calls It: Proper Vibes)

You’re not just a wallet address here. You're family. We check in. We celebrate wins. We laugh at bugs, and sometimes we cry at merge conflicts — but together.

In BuildaDAO, every pull request is a love letter to the future of Africa.

Final Word:

Seven countries. One dream. Zero nonsense.
BuildaDAO is proof that when Africa unites through code, culture, and a little chaos, the future becomes decentralized, beautiful, and wildly creative.

So, if you're from Nairobi or Nsukka, Buea or Gaborone, and you're dreaming of building something bigger than borders — we saved you a seat at the smart contract table.

Just bring your skills. And maybe a local recipe and some music.

How BuildaDAO is Turning Africa Into One Giant DAO Party