Talent is Borderless

Yoseph Ayele is the co-founder of Edmund Hillary Fellowship and is developing a Web3 fund for Africa. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF): https://ehf.org

• Yoseph’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yosephayele/

TOPICS

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:32 Why Web3 now

• 03:50 Yoseph’s journey from Ethiopia

• 12:35 Getting kicked out of the U.S.

• 15:53 Moving to New Zealand

• 22:13 The Enspiral community

• 26:21 Meeting Immigration New Zealand

• 30:42 Global Impact Visa

• 38:25 Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)

• 54:55 Māori welcoming

• 01:05:32 People versus projects

• 01:07:05 EHF lessons learned

• 01:20:36 Shifting into web3

• 01:28:25 How Africa can leapfrog

• 01:38:37 Backing great leaders and builders

• 01:43:53 Key challenges

• 01:46:40 Inequalities and self-determination

• 01:54:44 Yoseph’s final reflections

RESOURCES

• Enspiral: http://enspiral.com/

• Global Impact Visa by Immigration New Zealand: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/preparing-a-visa-application/working-in-nz/getting-a-job/the-global-impact-visa

• Yoseph's talk at Devcon Bogatá: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X6HqcuL2Zk

This interview took place during a Web3 hui in New Zealand in 2023.

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