Hi there, I’m a Solutions Architect mostly focused on the infrastructure and cloud space, with years of infrastructure administration in the virtualization space.
The crypto world peaked my interest around about 2016, I remember paying 2 BTC for internet services as it was cheaper than the international transaction fees… oh how I wish I could have a refund 
Been a fan of Cardano since the first CH whiteboard video, and hodling since. Currently I’m working on building a staking pool hosted in South Africa with rather ambitious plans of expansion into the rest of the continent. Empowering a network of pool operators in Africa, sharing technical knowledge and combining our resources to boot strap the pools, with things like initial pledge funds.
Pledge funding would be an awesome use case for a smart contract, and as ADA increases in value funding becomes challenging almost insurmountable with the limited buying power of African currencies.
The transparency and security of ADA is precisely the game changing technology Africa needs to transform and rise.
Happy to be part of the evolution!
.I wish you success in your project in Africa. I’m glad to see your interest in Stake Pools, here in the forum there is a whole category dedicated to that topic.