The blockchain company BitMari announced the premiere of a documentary that aims to show how cryptocurrencies has impacted people's financial freedom in Africa.

Entitled "Bitcoin, blockchain and black liberation", the documentary will be available from tomorrow 8 February on Facebook and Youtube. The film tells the story of empowerment that has emerged in Africa, specifically stories of Zimbabwean women farmers who are part of the AgriTech accelerator program - blockchain for agriculture - and the testimonies documented in the "I love black people" tour, both BitMari initiatives.

The narrative of the documentary is based on the premise "decolonize your life", because the pan-African company wants to transmit how cryptocurrencies have brought down the chains of "oppressive economic policies" that have affected the inhabitants of the African continent for decades and have caused migratory movements of numerous communities seeking better economic opportunities, education and social security.

In the words of BitMari CEO Sinclair Skinner, blockchain must put into perspective the possibilities of solving problems of political and racial tilde, as it compares taxi services, which will soon be "obsolete", with the solutions presented by Uber and blockchain.

"We believe that technology is a better method of solving problems than politics and many other things we are trying to solve? Uber solved the problem for black men who are discriminated against when they are trying to get a taxi. We could protest, we could tell the taxi drivers that they are bad people, but when Uber showed up, the technology made it no longer matter. Taxi drivers became obsolete and so did their racism."

In countries with high inflation rates such as Zimbabwe, cryptocurrencies has become a financial tool that provides some refuge from inflation in the local economy. But also as an alternative for different organizations to receive donations from anywhere in the world.

Zimbabweans' level of interest in bitcoin is such that during the political crisis during the departure from power of dictator Mugabe, who ruled for 47 years, the digital exchange houses that make life in Africa quoted bitcoin for more than double the number of global exchange houses.

Bitcoin has been configured as an alternative to combat high inflationary indices in countries such as Zimbabwe and Venezuela, a fact that shows a desperation of citizens to have an asset/currency that does not depend solely on the circumstances of their country, even when it has high rates of volatility.