Valeriia Panina

Next Billion Fellows work on projects that give a glimpse of what Ethereum means to everyday people. Through their lens, we can see what human coordination might look like someday. Come discuss the realworld, tangible impact of Ethereum on Fellows’ communities and explore the challenges they face along the way.

Breakout 2

“The Future is already here; it’s just not very evenly distributed yet” — William Gibson

*Ethereum enables the future.* *We work to support the development of initiatives that overcome real challenges faced by all 8 billion humans, to help distribute that future more equitably.*

Team Next Billion (EF)

David Uzochukwu, an Ethereum Next Billion Fellow, is dedicated to making Ethereum secure and decentralized. With over four years in the web3 space, he has worked with prominent companies and founded Guild Audits and NodeBridge, supporting blockchain security and node operations in Africa. As a Staking Master at the Obol Collective, he promotes independent Ethereum staking through NodeBridge Africa, empowering Africans with education, workshops, and community support to participate in blockchain

David Uzochukwu

Eddie Kago is a passionate entrepreneur and software researcher in onchain identity and reputation systems. He has contributed to research on Food Systems, Carbon Credits, and the use of decentralized identity in fighting fake news.

Eddie Kago

Guo is a developer and researcher interested in decentralized social networks. He co-founded Matters.Town, a popular decentralized publication and social network. He recently conducted research on pattern language for digital spaces in the Summer of Protocol and is currently a fellow of EF Next Billion Fellowship.

Guo Liu

I have a professional background in project management and a strong interest in the intersection of technology and social change. With experience working in Operations at El Dorado, I'm also the Founder and Co-Lead of Ethereum Venezuela. I've volunteered with organizations such as Un Mundo Sin Mordaza, Voluntad Popular Activistas, and Compromiso Compartido where I've taken on various leadership roles, and developed and implemented strategies, with vulnerable communities and other activists.

Mercedes Rodriguez Simon

Karam Alhamad

Cofounder of [BlockSplit](https://blocksplit.net) conference and founder of [MUQA](https://muqa.org).

Tomislav Mamic

Rebecca's research focuses on integrating local currencies with indigenous mutual aid practices in communities across Africa and the US. Previously, she helped incubate a local currency in Oakland as Head of Product at city3, led the world’s first randomized control trial on community currencies with Grassroots Economics, and drove early Web3 expansion as Head of Growth at Zerion. She is currently completing her Master’s in Architecture at Yale.

Rebecca Mqamelo

Lefteris is the co-founder and director of Enaleia, a social enterprise with a vision to make the marine ecosystem sustainable. Enaleia has created one of the largest ocean plastic clean-ups, having trained more than 3.000 fishers to collect plastic from the sea daily, plastic that is turned into new products such as kayaks.
Lefteris has been awarded as an Ashoka Fellow, a United Nations European Young Champion of the Earth 2020 and the Ambassador for the Mediterranean Coast.