The city that crypto dreams built: Inside Zanzibar’s digital experiment
A plot of empty land on Zanzibar’s coast will soon become home to a new kind of settlement, according to entrepreneurs who secured government approval to build what they’re calling a Cyber City.
The project sits on 71 hectares near the Fumba Peninsula on the western shore of Zanzibar Island. Florian Fournier, who started OurWorld with partner Kristof De Spiegeleer, walked potential investors through the dirt and brush in early July, describing plans for a community designed to house between 5,000 and 7,000 residents. But the city aims to reach far beyond those physical inhabitants. Fournier and De Spiegeleer want to create a home base for digital nomads who work remotely around the world, offering them a place to register as…
