💥Celebrating Kenyan Mukungu Felix (nprofile1qqste49jxj4r672wcml2dmvamy7df4jj9gedr6d2a88dc6k4ucnu2ccpylrmt) as our #14 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025!🇰🇪 Our #14 is dynamic Mukungu Felix, East African innovator and founder of @The Core - Bitcoin Education Nairobi's premier Bitcoin hub championing youth education, Lightning Network adoption, and open-source development to empower the next generation of builders. In 2025, Felix’s incredible team empowered over 500 young Africans, putting the power of self-custody and Lightning payments straight into their hands. They ignited the community by hosting 7+ vibrant meetups and two major Bitcoin Unconferences, distributing a treasury of over 300,000+ sats in rewards to fuel grassroots projects. The Core also launched 20+ freelance work opportunities across Africa and directly mentored 300+ builders (through partnerships with @Blink Wallet & Trezor Academy). Their pioneering cross-border Lightning pilots achieved a staggering 30% slash in remittance costs, cementing Nairobi as the uncontested technical education powerhouse in East Africa! Our gratitude runs deep. Thank you to Felix and his extraordinary team for relentlessly stacking sats and igniting the Bitcoin revolution across the continent. We absolutely salute your vision! 👇 Learn more about Mukungu Felix our 14th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025! image
Fun Fact Thursday ⚡️ Did you know? The last Bitcoin will be mined in the year 2140. That’s a 100+ year countdown.⏳⛏️
💡Spotlight on AFRIBIT KIBERA 📍 Location: Kibera, Nairobi Kenya.🇰🇪 About: @Afribit Kibera is a Bitcoin circular economy project that weaves Bitcoin into the fabric of daily life, fostering environmental stewardship and economic resilience. Their work in Kibera focuses on equipping everyday people with tools to earn, trade, and thrive using Bitcoin. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Onboard local merchants, traders, and service providers to accept and circulate Bitcoin. 🔹Integrate waste management and upcycling programs (e.g., Women's Upcycling Collective and Waste Incentives), rewarding recycling with Bitcoin. 🔹Educating and Scaling Knowledge: Host Bitcoin-focused workshops to orange-pill the community. 🔹Provide Microloans and Accelerators for merchants (Bike Riders) to drive financial independence. You can connect with AFRIBIT KIBERA: Website: 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa: image
Is your reminder set yet?👀 🎙️Bitcoin in Africa: Success Stories & Future Visions PT 2 is happening tomorrow!!! 👇Don't miss! https://x.com/i/spaces/1mnxeNWgVmPKX?s=20 image View quoted note →
💥Celebrating Nigerian Theophilus Isah as our #15 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! 🇳🇬 Our #15 is the innovative Theophilus Isah, Co-founder & CEO of Mavapay. He is a pivotal figure in West Africa, driving Bitcoin adoption through practical digital payment solutions for merchants, developers, and everyday users. In 2025, the Mavapay platform provides essential low-barrier on-ramps for converting fiat to Bitcoin via Lightning, while championing circular economies to help merchants hedge against volatility. He also collaborated with BTCPay Server to build an open-source fiat-to-Bitcoin bridge that simplifies merchant acceptance. He is a true builder committed to developer empowerment, Theophilus co-created Nodegaze, an open-source observability tool for Lightning nodes. As a Faculty Coordinator for @btrust_builders, he mentors over 500 engineers and actively facilitates Bitcoin developer bootcamps across Nigeria and Ghana to train the next generation. Furthermore, leveraging the Mavapay API, his infrastructure facilitated fast, seamless cross-border payments routed through the Lightning Network, processing over $600,000+ to strengthen economic resilience in the region. We deeply appreciate everything Theophilus and his incredible team are doing to create Bitcoin payment solutions & drive Bitcoin adoption across Africa. Africa celebrates you. 🧡 👇 Learn more about Theophilus Isah our 15th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025! image
🎥Watch Party Wednesday | 2PM UTC We are hosting our weekly Bitcoin Watch Party on Discord! 👇Come ready to watch, chat, and share ideas as we learn & explore the world of Bitcoin together.
💡Spotlight on DadaDevs About: DADA DEVS is a transformative initiative dedicated to equipping African women with the essential skills to thrive in Bitcoin development and the open-source ecosystem. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Deliver specialized workshops, bootcamps, and mentorship to master Bitcoin Core, Lightning Network, and open-source tools. 🔹Guide participants in turning bold ideas into real-world Bitcoin projects, complete with resources and expert feedback. 🔹Promote Bitcoin adoption across Africa via education, research, and advocacy for a more inclusive, accessible future. 🔹Link devs with international leaders, organizations, and grassroots movements for endless opportunities and collaborations. 🔹Build skills through collaborative projects, ensuring women gain practical experience and contribute to Bitcoin's open-source world. You can connect with DADA DEVS: Website: 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa: image
SOUTH AFRICA, WE ARE BACK! 🇿🇦 After an incredible run in Nigeria, the Lightning Developer Bootcamp returns to Cape Town for version 2.0. We are hosting an intensive 5-day deep dive to help you gain the technical knowledge to build the next generation of African Bitcoin infrastructure. 👇Spots are limited. Don't miss out! https://freerouting.africa/capetown-lightning-developer-bootcamp/ View quoted note →
💥Celebrating the Ghanaian Mawufemor Kofi Folivi (nprofile1qqsglechnph4ymg36xtunhj930ht02vf2d4apzkdn6zkj92fv942l8s8hasu8) as our #16 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! 🇬🇭 Mawufemor is a visionary trailblazer who has transformed Agbozume into one of Africa’s most vibrant Bitcoin circular economies. As the founder of @BitcoinDua and Managing Director of the Talent Tahuf Foundation, he blends youth STEM education with practical merchant onboarding to build a truly self-sustaining local economy. In 2025, his impact has been remarkable. The Bitcoin Dua merchant network has grown into a thriving ecosystem of more than 25 local businesses, barbers, grocery shops, restaurants, bars, and even a police canteen where residents earn and spend sats as part of the ongoing #SPEDN campaign. His robotics, coding, and sats-earning bootcamps are equipping students with both digital skills and real Bitcoin wallets, while senior high schools across the Volta Region now run structured financial literacy and Bitcoin programs with peer-to-peer transactions happening in real time. He hosted several monthly community events from beach trainings to market activations and football tournaments infused with Bitcoin education and continues to onboard hundreds of new users and push grassroots adoption deep into the heart of the region. We deeply appreciate Mawufemor and his team for educating, empowering, and orange-pilling Africa’s next generation right where it matters most. We celebrate you, brother. Keep building. ⚡️ 👇 Learn more about Mawufemor Kofi our 16th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025! image
💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Dada 📍 Location: Kenya 🇰🇪 About: Bitcoin Dada @Lorraine Marcel ("Dada" meaning "Sister" in Swahili) is a non-profit women-centric initiative dedicated to bridging the gender gap in Africa's Bitcoin ecosystem. Bitcoin Dada empowers African women with comprehensive Bitcoin education to achieve financial independence and thrive in the digital economy, also through workshops, online courses, and mentorship programs that turn "sisters" into sovereign Bitcoiners, accelerating adoption across the continent. Bitcoin Dada now spans across 11 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Uganda, Cameroon, and Namibia. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Provide Accessible Education: Deliver comprehensive financial literacy programs on Bitcoin basics and advanced concepts to demystify the tech for women. 🔹Equip for Independence: Arm participants with practical tools to securely manage, invest, and grow their Bitcoin holdings. 🔹Boost Engagement: Enable confident participation in Bitcoin's technical and non-technical aspects, unlocking economic opportunities. 🔹Narrow Disparities: Create women-only spaces to combat exclusion, build confidence, and actively reduce gender gaps in access. 🔹Expand Reach: Scale initiatives like workshops, mentorship pairings, and online resources to connect and inspire women across Africa. You can connect with Bitcoin Dada: Website: btcdada.com 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa: image