Erik Hersman is the CEO of Gridless, which deploys bitcoin mining on renewable energy minigrids across rural Africa. He is well known on the African continent as the founder of the iHub, one of Africa’s first and largest technology spaces in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also co-founder of Ushahidi, BRCK, Gearbox, founding chair of AfriLabs and a general partner in the Savannah Fund.