Afropolitan, a startup that wants to build a digital nation for Africans, has raised pre-seed funding of $2.1 million, according to its co-founder, Eche Emole.
Afropolitan started out as an organisation that organised parties, events, and festivals for the African diaspora.
The former CTO of Coinbase, Balaji Srinivasan conceives a network state as a digital nation built without the historical constraints of a physical nation, and that presents citizens with a fresh stab at societal and financial freedom.