Afropass - The Budding Super App Focused on the African Diaspora
Empowering Cultural Unity and Economic Leverage Across Continents
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Topics Covered
Afropolitan Follows the Audaciousness of Crypto
The Lack of Global Connection Within the African Diaspora
A Look into the Power Afropolitan’s Super App Product
How Afropolitan’s Super App Can Drive Near Term Revenue
Quick Notes ✍️
The African diaspora remains fragmented.
But Afropolitan aims to establish digital nations by connecting the African diaspora through culture, fostering unity and connection via blockchain technology.
Afropolitan recognizes the need to bridge this gap through cultural connections, leveraging music and cultural appreciation to unify the diaspora.
By beginning with cultural industries,
Afropolitan aims for its products to drive ownership opportunities in the spirit of crypto.
To inspire global commerce, Afropolitan launched an application called Afropass.
Afropass aims to become a super app like WeChat
But the project is approaching innovation from a different perspective.
Afropass aims to provide premium African experiences, enable event discovery, and payments.
The app's capabilities will expand to include business ventures, payments, remittances, and savings through digital identity and crypto wallets.
Ultimately, Afropass will facilitate economic links between the African American and African economies.
Full Analysis 📝
Part 1: Background
The crypto industry began with an audacious idea.
Bitcoin was birthed with the idea of being a “purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution”.
Thus, this goal spurred an industry of society-changing ideas.
Post Bitcoin, we saw new blockchains emerge which are revolutionizing all industries.
The second most popular cryptocurrency, Ethereum, laid the foundation for the future of applications that can have endless use cases.
Afropolitan is creating the groundwork for communities to become digital nations.
This mission is bold and even the founders recognize how far-reaching of a goal it is to accomplish this.
But by connecting the African diaspora,
Afropolitan has an opportunity to connect the 170 million diaspora members through culture.
Thus Afropolitan aims to foster unity and connection at scale through blockchain technology.
Afropolitan initially started in 2016 as a vibrant entity hosting lively afrobeats parties, concerts, and festivals.
These events showcased African culture and attracted diverse crowds, fostering a sense of joy and unity among African Americans, Afro-Latinos, and people from over 33 African countries.
Ultimately, members of the Afropolitan community are weaved into the platform and presented opportunities for connection, commerce, and capital.
Afropolitan Links the Dispersed African Diaspora Through Culture
The African diaspora is very fragmented today.
Unless someone in Atlanta makes a meaningful effort to meet friends from Accra,
The likelihood of these types of connections will not exist.
Using this example with capital on the line,
A US-based founder may feel that capital is limited in their respective area,
But in reality, there could be an investor in South Africa willing to invest in the company.
Thus, there is utility for US founders to build communities with diasporic members globally.
One area where there is already an osmosis of culture sharing in the diaspora is music.
Acts like Burna Boy, Wiz Kid, and others have reached another level of stardom since gaining a foothold in the US market.
As you can see, the biggest opportunity within the African diaspora is the connection of culture.
This cultural appreciation is one unifying force that will lead to interest in cultural connection.
Thus, Afropolitan believes that cultural unity presents ownership opportunities of the culture, which can serve as the foundation for value extraction for the diaspora.
With Afropolitan’s first product, AfroPass, members of the African diaspora are exposed to the cultural experiences that exist around the world.
Afropass: Culturally Anchored Super App Pioneering Diasporic Unity and Commerce
The future of cultural connection is enabled through Afropass.
Like in the previously written article about Telegram, Afropass is striving to be the next super app like WeChat.
Afropass is a VIP passport offering premium African experiences through a single download.
Not only does the application aim to be the leading provider of curated experiences during AfroFuture…
But Afropolitan is supported by the event which brings tens of thousands of people worldwide.
Additionally, the company is aiming to formulate partnerships with event curators and tastemakers globally.
The team looks to target the US, Canada, and UK markets in 2024.
Afropass’ true benefit is powerful.
Afropolitan's Afropass draws inspiration from the WeChat playbook but tailors it to the African diaspora.
However, instead of following in the footsteps of WeChat with a messaging platform,
Afropass is designed with the localized needs of the African diaspora in mind.
Thus, the first features are focused on event discovery and payments with crypto as an option.
This differs from the recent CryptoJeter topic, Telegram, which is also starting its super app pursuits in emerging markets.
Afropass is designed to bridge the $1.5 trillion African American economy with the $2 trillion African economy.
According to Eche, founder of Afropolitan, “These communities have never been linked. The EU is linked economically and this can be possible within the Afropass application.
With this in mind, the scope of Afropass’ capabilities will expand overtime to “radically reduce friction for users to raise funds for business ventures”.
Additionally, the app will enable seamless payments, remittances, and savings through digital identity and crypto wallets.
Afropolitan’s initial focus is not only focused on cultural experiences and local differentiated commerce…
But, it highlights the aim of creating a digital network that unites African and Black diasporic communities globally.
Thus, as the first product of the company, unity through commerce is the necessary foundation to enable the diaspora to not only create value but also capture it.
Afropolitan’s final phase is to achieve physical representation for the Afropolitan network similar to a free zone as seen in Dubai or an embassy in a foreign company.
Afropass will be the application that unifies all of Afropolitan’s citizens to make this happen.
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