About Jeremiah Kamama

Hi there!

I am an autodidact interested in machine learning, writing, the African startup ecosystem, and DeFi.

In 2020, thanks to Omdena, I worked with 34 Machine Learning Engineers from 19 countries on the World Food Programme Disaster Response Challenge . In two months, we developed a relief package tool that would predict the affected populations and create customized relief packages.

I am a VC scout at Sahil Lavingia's fund. Sahil writes $100K-$250K checks into pre-seed and seed-stage startups. I am incredibly bullish on the African startup ecosystem, so if you are an African founder hit me up!

I partnered with Blockchain Club at Columbia University and published a piece titled "What Crypto Means to Africa ". In the post, I look into the different crypto applications on the continent. I cover sector deep dives, blockchain-native innovations from Africa, bull and bear cases for crypto adoption in Africa.

I was at Audacity Fund as a Summer Analyst. I've recently won a grant from the DeFi Education Fund to work on an Africa crypto policy-related report. In September 2022, I spoke on a panel at the ETH Safari on "VC investments in web3: Tokens vs Equity - Decentralized VCs"

You can reach me through Twitter. If you like my content, you can support me through gitcoin.