🚨 A Recap on This Week's Most Impactful African Bitcoiners 2025 Honorees (#8-21)
This week, we continued unveiling the leaders shaping Bitcoin adoption across Africa; builders strengthening Lightning infrastructure, educators empowering youth, and innovators turning financial sovereignty into reality. We are so honored to recognize this group:
#8 — Sabina Gitau 🇰🇪 (nprofile1qqsztyptzz555j2t50ldfy7jzj8z2zzegma30erw7zcq9p9wfacrf4qgze3z4)
The bridge between Bitcoin and M-PESA. As Co-Founder of
@Tando.me , Sabina unlocked real-world spending and cross-border remittances, processing over 3 million Lightning transactions and solving the liquidity crunch for local merchants.
#9 — Heritage Falodun 🇳🇬 (nprofile1qqsg0rtv3tp05kzwavvavwt38g89nqdlrlqhxkm9gj6q4jkw6703ffgtmtu5z )
Founder of DigiOats. Heritage launched Spendinaf to scale B2C remittances (12k+ transactions in one quarter) and is a leading voice for renewable energy mining ("Greening the Hash") and self-custody education.
#10 — Nourou 🇸🇳 (nprofile1qqs02zc7mlapmvdu9htcpmf7hjt0xty44k5re57crcuvy4fu3gv9mjs2e29k6)
The West African anchor. Founder of Bitcoin Sénégal, Nourou organizes the massive Dakar Bitcoin Days and built @banxaas_sn to bridge BTC with mobile money like Orange Money/Wave, proving that Francophone Africa is a major hub for innovation.
#11 — Alphonse Mehounme 🇧🇯
Breaking language barriers. Through Bitcoin Mastermind and BitDevs Cotonou, Alphonse is localizing technical education for French speakers. His work with Flash and community training is democratizing access across Benin, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire.
#12 — Brindon Mwiine 🇺🇬
Heart-led grassroots adoption. Founder of Gorilla Sats, Brindon combines education with direct humanitarian impact, enabling a local orphanage to run on Bitcoin while pioneering Uganda's first community-owned renewable miner.
#13 — Prince Ogbonna 🇳🇬
Through iPayBTC, Prince is making Bitcoin truly useful for daily life — powering airtime purchases, bills, and merchant payments while scaling low-fee Lightning transactions for thousands across Nigeria and beyond.
#14 — Mukungu Felix 🇰🇪
Founder of The Core in Kenya. Felix is igniting a thriving builder movement — leading major Bitcoin unconferences, mentoring hundreds of youths/builders, and advancing Lightning-based remittances across East Africa.
#15 — Theophilus Isah 🇳🇬
The visionary behind Mavapay, Theophilus is breaking barriers between fiat and Bitcoin with practical payment tools, open-source innovation, and developer training shaping the next wave of African technical talent.
#16 — Mawufemor Kofi Folivi 🇬đź‡
Founder of Bitcoin Dua, he is championing circular economies in Agbozume. Mawufemor blends STEM education and Bitcoin literacy to empower young Ghanaians with self-custody skills and real economic opportunity.
#17 — Glenn Jooste 🇿🇦
Through Bitcoin Ubuntu and collaborations across the continent, Glenn delivers hands-on education and technical support to grassroots circular economies, helping the underbanked grow sovereign communities.
#18 — Gloire Kambale 🇨🇩
A driving force in Goma, DRC. Through Bridgesats, Kiveclair, and his team’s contributions to be-BOP.io, Gloire is helping unbanked merchants earn and save in sats while pushing genuine financial sovereignty across Congo.
#19 — Nzonda Fotsing 🇨🇲
Driving Bitcoin education across Francophone Africa. From leading BTC Afrique to creating the Bitcoin Kids comic, Nzonda is shaping the next generation of Bitcoiners.
#20 — Belyï Nobel Kubwayo 🇧🇮
Founder of BTC Shule and the spark behind Burundi’s growing Bitcoin movement. His work—translations, courses, and connecting rural villages—keeps opening doors for everyday people.
#21 — Grant Gombwa 🇲🇼
Putting Malawi on the Bitcoin map. Through Bitcoin Boma, Grant is building a strong culture of self-custody, education, and community-led adoption.
These incredible leaders are proving that Africa’s Bitcoin movement is real and happening everyday in different parts of the continent.
We’ll continue unveiling new honourees every weekday as we build toward the Top 3 reveal at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius. All 21 honourees will receive exclusive gifts crafted in partnership with Trezor Academy, supporting builders who are growing Bitcoin in Africa. 🧡
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