Bernard Parah is the Founder and CEO of Bitnob, a leading financial services company connecting Africa to the world leveraging a payment infrastructure built on Bitcoin and Lightning. Bitnob provides access to cross-border payments, virtual cards, DCA bitcoin savings, and more. It enables payouts to over 8 African countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda.

Bernard is also the co-founder of Qala, a program designed for Africa-based developers in Bitcoin and lightning development. The Qala program finds these developers, trains them for free while paying them salaries, and connects them to jobs in Bitcoin companies worldwide. Qala is supported by the Human Rights Foundation, Paxful, BuiltwithBitcoin, Chaincode Labs, and other crypto companies in making this a reality.