Congrats to the winning teams of the Based Africa buildathon, powered by @devfolio Here are the 23 winners who worked to solve problems in their local community, onchain: Base Sessions, for bringing music and emerging artists in Africa onchain Basepay, for connecting African communities to the global economy to create more economic opportunities The Unbound Project, for helping bring businesses onchain in Africa AzzaDefi, for making it easy for anyone in Africa to use WhatsApp to start using Base Ridebase, for enabling decentralized ride sharing in Africa Flexclub, to let people save towards common goals AfroBase, for creating awareness of Base and the onchain economy through cultural elements like traditional Yoruba dance Lendbit, for expanding access to financial services Delar, for bringing land registries onchain Kombat, for enabling betting and prediction markets onchain Yield, for revolutionizing agriculture through onchain technologies and tokenization learnOnchain, for enabling communities to learn and build onchain solutions Legitify, for bringing certificates and credentials onchain Antugrow, for letting farmers access stablecoin microcredits and supporting best practices in farm management Health Trove, for making health record management more efficient onchain BaseEastAfrica, for bringing East Africa onchain Maisha Care, for bringing vital health data and information onchain to improve patient outcomes MQR Pay, for blending onchain and AI, enabling Base ETH purchases directly from M-Pesa PayFlip, for enabling an easy bridge between local currencies and stablecoins Base Tours, for connecting Zambia’s heritage with a learning opportunity about onchain impact Data Bud, for making onchain data more accessible LearNova, for letting people learn and earn onchain Element Pay, for enabling easy crypto-to-fiat micropayments

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