The Jack Mallers Show
EP. 5: ROYA MAHBOOB
- Roya Mahboob's journey from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to becoming one of the first female tech CEOs in the country, overcoming severe gender discrimination in education, finance, and employment.
- The transformative power of internet access and digital tools in enabling women to gain information, critical thinking, voice, and economic opportunity in restrictive societies.
- Bitcoin's role as a financial inclusion tool and human rights safeguard, enabling property rights and wealth protection in conflict zones, authoritarian regimes, and high-inflation economies where traditional banking is inaccessible or untrustworthy.
- The Afghan Girls Robotic Team project, which scaled social change by creating hundreds of female role models in STEM, shifting cultural perception and leading to government support for innovation centers.
- Education as the key to Bitcoin adoption and financial literacy in developing nations, where Bitcoin serves primarily as a remittance and exchange medium rather than a speculative asset.
- Digital Citizens Foundation's ongoing work funding underground education for Afghan girls above age 15 post-Taliban takeover, using Bitcoin donations to pay teachers.