EP12: “Building Community with Bitcoin” w/ Yusuf Nessary - Built With Bitcoin Foundation

Builders In Bitcoin EP12: “Building Community with Bitcoin” w/ Yusuf Nessary, Co-Founder & Director - Built With Bitcoin Foundation

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Yusuf Nessary, Co-Founder and Director of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation. His work with the Built With Bitcoin Foundation to empower children and their communities through education and circular economies is literally changing lives, and serves as an inspiration for me and I hope for you as well.

In this episode, we dig into:
- Yusuf’s background and how he found Bitcoin
- how the Built With Bitcoin Foundation is changing lives around the world
- the power and importance of relationship building
- and a lot more…

0:00 Intro
2:39 Yusuf’s background
9:15 Rwanda
11:21 Moving on from medicine
13:37 How Yusuf found Bitcoin
17:53 Creating the Built With Bitcoin Foundation
19:49 Four pillars of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation
22:57 Experiences in Africa
27:01 Starting over in a new place
28:04 Showcasing Bitcoin as a tool
30:49 Machakos County, Kenya primary school
34:59 Why elementary education?
37:28 “Ah-ha!” moments
40:43 2023 and beyond
44:05 Where to find Yusuf and how to help
46:22 Outro

Resources:
Built With Bitcoin Foundation: https://www.builtwithbitcoin.org/
Contact the Built With Bitcoin Foundation: info@builtwithbitcoin.org

Yusuf on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YusufBWB
Built With Bitcoin Foundation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/builtwithbtc
Rod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Builders In Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildersinbtc

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And a massive thank you to:
- Producer - Tom Maxwell https://twitter.com/tomjmaxwell
- Theme Composer - Max Wellington https://twitter.com/immaxwellington