The founding name of Twitter, famous Bitcoin supporter Jack Dorsey, has included new people on the board of the Bitcoin Trust (BTrust) Fund, which was created to promote development in Africa and India. It was stated that these 4 new names, 3 Nigerians and 1 South African, were selected among 7,000 applications.
Abubakar Nur Khalil, Obi Nwosu, and Ojoma Ochai were appointed from Nigeria, while Carla Kirk-Cohen from South Africa was appointed to the Bitcoin Trust Fund.
Announcing the ₿trust board: @actuallyCarlaKC, @ihate1999, @obi, & @ojomaocha! I’m so grateful for you all and so inspired. 🧡⚡️🌍
They’ll now work towards defining the operating principles as they think about how to best distribute the 500 bitcoin towards development efforts. https://t.co/jwbr4qQUZ2 pic.twitter.com/1MszEPdGKL
— jack⚡️ (@jack) December 15, 2021
When Dorsey announced the Bitcoin Fund in February of this year, he announced that they had given 500 BTC to a new donation called the “Bitcoin development fund”, which initially focused on teams in Africa and India, with JAY-Z, for the project they started jointly with the world-famous rapper, and for the start, he announced that they had given 3 board members. announced their need.
JAY-Z/@S_C_ and I are giving 500 BTC to a new endowment named ₿trust to fund #Bitcoin development, initially focused on teams in Africa & India. It’ll be set up as a blind irrevocable trust, taking zero direction from us. We need 3 board members to start: https://t.co/L4mRBryMJe
— jack⚡️ (@jack) February 12, 2021
The four appointed board members are slated to work to promote Bitcoin development efforts across Africa.