Yoseph Ayele

Growing up across Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria, Yoseph experienced firsthand the internet's transformative power to transcend borders and open access to knowledge and opportunities. This led him to Harvard University on a full scholarship and the University of Cambridge for a Harvard-Cambridge Scholarship.

His tech journey began in Silicon Valley, working at Inflection. Following immigration hurdles in the United States, he moved to New Zealand where he co-founded and was CEO of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and Global Impact Visa, a pioneering immigration program in partnership with the New Zealand government. The program created 111x return for the country's economy, and attracted founders and leaders of AngelList, Coinbase, Paradigm, WordPress, Figma, Asana, the Ethereum Foundation, Mobike, Signal, Andela and hundreds more.

Yoseph's 2016 entry into crypto eventually led him back to Africa, where he saw unprecedented product-market fit for mass adoption. He founded Borderless Africa to connect local builders with global crypto leaders, facilitating pivotal visits from Vitalik Buterin, L2 leaders, core researchers and major protocols. He founded magma, a founder program that nurtures and coordinates exceptional builders creating Africa's onchain economy.

In 2024, he launched LAVA to propel generational innovations forward and connect investors with Africa's best opportunities.


https://www.linkedin.com/in/yosephayele/
https://x.com/yosephayele


Growing up across Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria, Yoseph experienced firsthand the internet's transformative power to transcend borders and open access to knowledge and opportunities. This led him to Harvard University on a full scholarship and the University of Cambridge for a Harvard-Cambridge Scholarship.

His tech journey began in Silicon Valley, working at Inflection. Following immigration hurdles in the United States, he moved to New Zealand where he co-founded and was CEO of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and Global Impact Visa, a pioneering immigration program in partnership with the New Zealand government. The program created 111x return for the country's economy, and attracted founders and leaders of AngelList, Coinbase, Paradigm, WordPress, Figma, Asana, the Ethereum Foundation, Mobike, Signal, Andela and hundreds more.

Yoseph's 2016 entry into crypto eventually led him back to Africa, where he saw unprecedented product-market fit for mass adoption. He founded Borderless Africa to connect local builders with global crypto leaders, facilitating pivotal visits from Vitalik Buterin, L2 leaders, core researchers and major protocols. He founded magma, a founder program that nurtures and coordinates exceptional builders creating Africa's onchain economy.

In 2024, he launched LAVA to propel generational innovations forward and connect investors with Africa's best opportunities.


https://www.linkedin.com/in/yosephayele/
https://x.com/yosephayele


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