We are happy to launch the Based Founders Fellowship, for African onchain founders! Based Founders Fellowship (BFF) - Africa, Cohort 1 is a 2 week program in Nairobi, Kenya between September 1 - 10, 2025. The program integrates key elements of venture growth and builder support with an exciting Demo day to pitch to top global VCs, and receive competitive post-program support. Selection Criteria: - Launched with at least 1000 users onchain - Product serving the African market - Deployed onchain - on Base - (Open to chain agnostic projects) - Committed to a 10 day IRL program in Nairobi - Currently fundraising - BASED team Apply here: based-founders-fellowship.de…

M-PESA services will be temporarily unavailable on Monday, 22nd Sept from 12:30 AM to 3:30 AM due to a scheduled system upgrade by Safaricom.

The ALL16 Application Deadline is 1 Month Away Apply by November 5 to: - Receive $500K in Funding - Pitch Top VCs at Demo Day - Join the Alliance Founder Network

Time to get cracked, and get that project from your laptop to mainnet on @base! Calling all onchain builders in East Africa to join our 10 day Builder Bootcamp starting today at 8:30pm EAT! Join if you want to build a banger app for Base Batches 002 in the Builder Track - basebatches.xyz Apply here: luma.com/dw8koe22

Base Batch #001: Closing Ceremony nitter.app/i/broadcasts/1djGXVNBr…

Base Batches 002 is live with two tracks. Apply here <basebatches.xyz/> STARTUP: For live products ready to scale. The top 40 teams get flown to Demo Day @ Devconnect to pitch VCs, angels, and accelerators. BUILDER: For early teams just starting out. Up to 100 teams will be admitted to Incubase, with mentorship, feedback and $500k in prizes. @buildonbase

🌿 Reminder! Have you signed up for the Wangari Maathai Hackathon yet? 🌍💡 Join youth innovators honoring Prof. Wangari Maathai’s Nobel 20+ legacy where tech, creativity & sustainability unite for a greener future. 🗓️ 29 Nov | 📍 Alliance Française 👉 wangarimaathaihackathon.devf…

Yesterday at #KBCC2025, I had the chance to serve as Program Coordinator – Builder Demos & Workshops for a @base-focused session. We brought together some amazing builders and facilitators pushing the boundaries of onchain innovation. Here's a quick recap 🧵👇

Launching our Onchain Design Sprint! In partnership with @DacoitDesign, we're hosting a 10-day sprint for brand and product designers. Workshops and sessions - Onchain design principles - Building your personal brand - Leveraging AI tools - Positioning for opportunities onchain - How to roast / critique products - ...and many more 📍Google Meet / X Livestream / X Spaces Application drops soon! Limited slots available! Follow us @wearefbia and @DacoitDesign to stay updated.

The main question is no longer will you get listed on Coinbase? The real question is - are you building on @base?

the eth core devs don’t tweet a lot about just how hard the work that they do is so let’s talk about it: 1. every line of code they merge can move more money than most banks process in a quarter. there is no staging server for that. 2. they swap consensus logic for a 400B + dollar economy without scheduling downtime. ever. 3. they coordinate hundreds of researchers, auditors, and client teams across time zones, cultures, and philosophies, yet ship like a single mind. 4. they do it all in public, with every decision dissected by the loudest peanut gallery on the internet, and still keep the vibe collaborative. 5. they design for attackers who have nine figure incentives and infinite patience. then they sleep anyway. 6. they keep six independent clients in perfect sync so the same block lives at the same height for every node in the world. 7. they turn bleeding edge research into production code while preserving backwards compatibility for machines that went online before defi even had a name. 8. they debug issues that only happen once a year on a single archive node because someone somewhere will rely on that edge case. 9. they write cryptography that must stay unbroken for decades while the math itself evolves beneath their feet. 10.when the upgrade lands smooth the outside world shrugs. inside ethereum we know it was a minor miracle. every successful fork proves that decentralized coordination can outperform the world’s best hierarchies and shows that open internet capital markets are now the default. thank you, truly. we owe you everything.

Based Founders Fellowship - Demo Day LIVE from Nairobi, Kenya nitter.app/i/broadcasts/1ypKdqABO…

🚨 Jam Session XXIV | Base-Build Developer Tools Update What’s new for builders on @BuildOnBase? Tonight, we dive into the latest Base Build developer tools update, what’s changing, what’s improving, and what it means for you as a builder. 💡 Get new insights on how to build faster, smarter, and more efficiently with Base’s latest dev ecosystem upgrades. 📅 Tonight | 🕘 9PM EAT 🎙️ Hosted by @BasedKago & @_ChrisOketch Don’t just build. Build better on @base . 💪

Nairobi, get ready! The #OnchainSummer is heating up this Saturday! Based Onchain Summer—Nairobi Edition is HERE! and it's all about LEARN & BUILD! Register here >> lu.ma/yefam6uv Discover the magic of building #MiniApps, impactful apps that live right inside the Base App No prior experience? No problem! We'll cover everything from the basics to practical building sessions. Bring your laptop, bring your curiosity, and let's build on Base!

.@ycombinator and @base want to support founders that are building entirely new financial systems onchain. If you're building the future of finance, we want to hear from you.

We'll be delving into Agentic Payments this evening for Jam Session No.20. I'll be hosting @ChrisKinya on @BasedEastAfrica at 9pm EAT today in a masterclass series on Agent to Agent Payments. Part 1, today, will be an intro to x402, and AP2 for Jam Session XX. @buildonbase

$1B will probably turn to $1T in the next 5yrs. The power of the compunding effect >>>

We are entering the era of Fintech 3.0. Regulatory clarity, growing consumer adoption, and low-cost chains have paved the way for a golden age of building in crypto — and at YC, @base and @coinbase we want to fund builders to seize this moment. @harjtaggar and @jessepollak sat down to discuss what kinds of companies they're most excited to see, why this is such an exciting time, and what the future could look like onchain. 00:00 – The Golden Age of Crypto 02:00 – Jesse’s Path to Coinbase & Base 04:00 – From Fintech 1.0 to Fintech 3.0 07:00 – Why Lowering Costs Changes Everything 10:00 – L1 vs. L2, Simply Explained 13:00 – How to Build Your First Crypto App 16:00 – Regulation: Bottleneck or Unlock? 19:00 – Stablecoins as the Killer Use Case 23:00 – Beyond the Dollar: Local Stablecoins 27:00 – Tokenization of Assets 31:00 – New Asset Classes & the Creator Economy 35:00 – What Coinbase Looks for in Founders 39:00 – The Future of Crypto in 10 Years

Have you ever been to the pearl of Africa !? Well thanks to @ETHNile_ I got to speak & share the vision of @base here is a snapshot of the speech & a thread of what went down Stick around & find out if we discovered the source of R.Nile

showed up and pitched at the @base builder showcase in Singapore and it was absolutely incredible 💙 very soon I’ll have a build like @XenBH’s 💪🏾

Kenya has officially removed visas for all Africans* and most Caribbean countries. No ETA, no forms, just show up. Karibu! *except Libya and Somalia

@ETHSafari is based. Last night we gathered at beach bay to create memories that are based. From Ethiopia to Kenya, @BasedEastAfrica bringing not only value but also fun.

I attended @base meetup event during @EthSafari and the food was 💯😂 One key take away I got from @_ChrisOketch who is building @_Minisend is that you gotta believe in something....

Jam Session XIII | Building Games 🎮 on Base Learn how to bring your game to life on Base. From a simple jam prototype to full release. This Friday we are joined by the founders of @UndiscoveredGo2, @krcryptonian a 3D generalist and @bujo_rasta a cracked Web3 game developer, showing us how to: - Build standalone games & integrate engines with onchain SDKs - Use Web3 game stores like @bsmntdotfun - Add your game as a MiniApp on @baseapp & @farcaster_xyz - Use AI tools to speed up development Plus a Gaming Session: Paint Your World Join us live at 9:00PM EAT | Hosted by @youngishinvesta

🔴 LIVE: @_Minisend Demo Day 🎙️ Hosted by @_ChrisOketch 📍 Locked in with @Web3Clubs 🚀 Stay @base 'd and @buildonbase @BasedEastAfrica | @BasedKago

This farmer has been using Antugrow Shambani (shambani.antugrow.com) for data-driven farm insights, from irrigation cycles to yield optimization. The results? Clear as day! Real-time farm data + actionable guidance = bigger harvests and stronger businesses. 2/4

To the @base east Africa team and builders. Shoutout out to @BasedKago, @_ChrisOketch and others I don’t remember their usernames to tag. It’s great work yall doing and yeah, I had a fill at the Kilifi Bay event. The venue was so good, I decided to book for the night to enjoy the view and the green.

We finally finished the assembly of the embedded QuePay device for commercial coffee vending machines and are currently doing tests for it. This one has: - 4G connectivity for fast transaction processing with 2G fallback - WiFi connectivity option - RS485 port for Modbus - I2C and UART IO ports This will not be limited to the commercial coffee vending machines but to any other automated system that uses any of the protocols or has the provision for the above. Looking to have @QuePayApp in every automated system processing payments seamlessly! Onto more 🥂

Touch Base @ETHSafari 2025. Amazing one on talk with builders @buildonbase . The insights were just amazing. Kudos guys 💪

TBA!!!!! We shipped an app to personalize your proof of social attendance at the @base's NEW DAY ONE event happening tomorrow in Los Angeles. Try it out: newdayone.vercel.app

We are running a hardcore based builders bootcamp starting today! Attend to get cracked on @base and build bangers for Base Batches the 2nd. It's time to get that project on mainnet and ship for the world! Apply for Base Batches here if you are ready - basebatches.xyz. Apply here for our 10 day Bootcamp to get ready - luma.com/dw8koe22 Live on @BasedEastAfrica!

Gm Gm you champs we’re halfway through the week🤩 Almost there

We are running a hardcore based builders bootcamp starting today! Attend to get cracked on @base and build bangers for Base Batches the 2nd. It's time to get that project on mainnet and ship for the world! Apply for Base Batches here if you are ready - basebatches.xyz. Apply here for our 10 day Bootcamp to get ready - luma.com/dw8koe22 Live on @BasedEastAfrica!

The power of showing up every single day cannot be overstated enough. Yesterday @BasedKago reminded me about the weekly updates I used to share on @pioneerdotapp about @honeycoinapp from my room in 2020. Yesterday - we just opened our first HQ in Nairobi. Grateful.

🚨 Jam Session XXVIII | Builder Office Hours – Project Review (Day 6) We’re back tonight with @BasedKago hosting a special builder session featuring onchain innovators building on @base across East Africa. 📱 @Topizzy_ by @gitonga2050 💵 Top up airtime with USDC seamlessly across East Africa. ⚽ @SetiLabs by @0xxxIaN0 Empowers sports fans and retail crypto traders to bet on real-world outcomes using stablecoins. 💸 @semunipay by @dagimbuilds A stable coin off-ramp solution built for the Ethiopian market, enabling users to seamlessly convert USDC on Base into Ethiopian Birr (ETB) and withdraw funds directly through Telebirr, Ethiopia’s leading mobile money provider. 🗓 Tonight | 8:30 PM EAT 📍 Live on X: @BasedEastAfrica Join in, connect, and @buildonbase

Jam Session XX | Autonomous Agents on @base Payments are evolving! A new standard for internet-native transactions is emerging with #x402 powering stablecoin rails inside Google's agentic payment protocol, #AP2. Agents paying each other? Yes! This is setting the stage for programmable, autonomous value exchange. Tonight, we break it all down: What does this mean for YOU, the builder? How will it reshape onchain transactions? Tonight | 🕘 9 PM EAT 🎙️ Hosted by @BasedKago, led by @ChrisKinya Join us to explore the autonomous agents economy and the future of onchain payments! 👇 Stay @Base'd & @buildonbase

Jam Session XV is happening this evening on @BasedEastAfrica on Why Community Matters in Web3. We are hosting @mestrechain - Co-founder @Web3Clubs, moderated by @_ChrisOketch from 9pm. Tune in to hear from a seasoned community builder, on how to crack community for your product!