Texas Wants Kids Off ChatGPT, and That Wasn’t the Only AI Fight This Week
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Taslemat
Yusuf
Lawyer and compliance professional working on AI governance and data protection.
Founder and multifaceted creative.
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(01) The Through-Line
I’ve never been able to pick just one lane, so I stopped trying. I’ve built a beauty brand, curated art in Chicago, hosted a podcast and somehow ended up on Netflix. Law is where it all finally made sense. It gave me the language for what I’d been doing all along: helping people find their way through systems that weren’t built with them in mind.
(02) Chapters
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From Lagos to the United Nations Headquarters
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Called to the Nigerian Bar
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Built a NAFDAC-approved beauty brand
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Curated an art exhibition in Chicago
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Nigerian-qualified lawyer and Designate Compliance Professional. AI governance, compliance, data protection and privacy, fintech and payments regulation.
- ●Called to the Bar (2026)
- ●UN Commission on the Status of Women
From a NAFDAC-approved beauty brand to Web3 go-to-market strategy. Building, launching and scaling across industries.
- ●Beautybytas (1,000+ customers)
- ●Bueno and WalletConnect
- ●Web3 Africa Podcast
Featured in MINTED on Netflix, a Tribeca Festival nominated documentary. Host of the Web3 Africa Podcast.
- ●MINTED on Netflix (2025)
- ●Web3 Africa Podcast host
- ●Si Her Summit speaker
Writing on law, compliance, crypto regulation and governance. Two Substack publications covering policy and the African tech ecosystem.
- ●Taslemat's Substack
- ●Bullish Weekly newsletter
Digital artist, published poet and exhibition curator. First art sale in 2023. Curated Untapped in Chicago.
- ●Untapped exhibition, Chicago (2022)
- ●Published poet
- ●Digital art and NFTs
(04) Writing
Latest writing
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Taslemat’s Substack
March 2026
The Manosphere’s Incitement Of Gender Based Violence: A Challenge To Domestic And International Human Rights Legal Framework
How online misogynist communities fuel violence against women and where Nigeria’s laws and international frameworks fall short.
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Taslemat’s Substack
December 2025
The Shape of Grief.
A year after losing her father, putting words to a pain that resists language. Grief doesn’t fade. It simply changes.
(05) Newsletter
Bullish Weekly by Taslemat Yusuf
A free weekly newsletter on the future of money and tech: AI, fintech, crypto and tech policy. Every Friday.
Bullish Weekly: Africa is becoming crypto's infrastructure layer (April to early May 2026 recap)
Flutterwave became a bank. Mastercard picked Yellow Card. Kenya wants every wallet named. Drift Protocol lost $295M. Your April to first-week-of-May recap of African crypto…
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(06) Kind Words
What people say
“Taslemat is a remarkably hard worker, often going above and beyond to ensure project success. Her ability to maintain a positive attitude, even under the most stressful circumstances, has a contagious effect, uplifting the entire team's morale.”
Jay Perlman
Copywriter at Bueno NFT (now SEO/AEO at Udemy Business)
(07) Connect
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I research AI governance, data protection, women’s rights and the relationship of law and technology in Nigeria.
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