Crypto Actually Fixes This: How Code to Inspire Uses Crypto in Afghanistan

September 28, 2021by Laura Shin

Fereshteh Forough is the founder and CEO of Code to Inspire, a coding school for girls in Afghanistan. She discusses her background as a refugee, how she uses crypto to fund the school and pay students, and how the US military’s departure has affected student life. Topics include:

• Fereshteh’s journey from refugee to computer science professor to founder and CEO of Code to Inspire
• what Code to Inspire offers to young Afghan women and what risks they take by getting an education
• how Code to Inspire success stories are changing the attitudes of student’s families and communities
• the importance of Afghan Hero Girl, a video game created by Code to Inspire students
• why crypto payments are a better alternative to PayPal and Western Union for Code to Inspire and its students
• how Code to Inspire and its students exchange crypto to fiat
• what the perception of crypto is in Afghanistan
• how the Taliban is stifling the education of women and how Code to Inspire is attempting to continue its curriculum
• how crypto companies can offer assistance to Code to Inspire
• what features and products Fereshteh thinks would the crypto industry actually bank the unbanked
• how listeners can help Code to Inspire and where to find more information on Fereshteh

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Episode Links

Fereshteh Forough

Code to Inspire

Code to Inspire Coverage

• Forbes
• The Giving Block
• Code to Inspire students are coding at home
• CoinDesk on Code to Inspire + ETH
• Coinbase
• Inverse
• Afghan Hero Girls

US Military leaving Afghanistan