Nairobi designers 🇰🇪, this is your final call. The doors are closing. ⚡ If you’ve been waiting to register for the Bitcoin Designers Meetup, this is your absolute last chance to lock in a seat. This isn't a passive networking mixer, it's a hands-on environment built for designers ready to step into open-source. 📍 @BCentreNBO, Nairobi 📅 Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 🕚 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EAT 👇 Final registrations here: 🔗 luma.com/apv6zbwy

🤯 Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? In Bitcoin’s early days, one of the first real-world items you could buy with Bitcoin was alpaca wool socks from Grass Hill Alpacas. With almost no merchants accepting Bitcoin at the time, this simple purchase became a symbol of real adoption, and a bit of a legend in the community. From socks to a global monetary network.⚡

We’re back for Day 2 of our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Kisumu, Kenya. Let’s goo 🚀

Nairobi, we’re touching down! 🇰🇪⚡ For Bitcoin to reach the next billion people, it needs exceptional user experience. It needs designers to simplify the complex and make decentralized tools feel natural. @bitdesigners Africa in collaboration with @DadaDevs is heading to Nairobi to bridge the gap. Whether you're a seasoned designer, never designed for Bitcoin or just curious about open-source, doesn't matter. Show up curious. Venue: Blockchain Centre NBO, Nairobi (@BCentreNBO) Date: Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EAT Secure your spot before seats fill up: 🔗 luma.com/apv6zbwy #Bitcoin #Design #Opensource

Our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Bujumbura, Burundi 🇧🇮 is officially a wrap and what an incredible week it has been. Over five days, participants journeyed from Bitcoin fundamentals, the history of money, cryptographic signatures, transactions, and the blockchain, all the way to building and testing real projects on the Lightning Network. Today, they pitched those projects to the room. Watching developers who started the week with questions end it with working ideas is exactly why we run these bootcamps. A huge shoutout to our instructors, @heyolaniran and @advaxeir. You didn’t just teach, you inspired. The depth, clarity, and energy you brought to every session shaped the entire experience. Thank you both. To our executing team, @_Satoshee and @Ladyyyy_lo, thank you for the countless behind the scenes efforts that made this bootcamp possible. These events only succeed because of people like you. A special thank you to @belyi_nobel, @Barakana_GE, and the @bitdevsgtga team for inviting us to Burundi, welcoming us so warmly, and supporting the local ground planning. Your community’s passion for Bitcoin education is truly inspiring, and this definitely won’t be our last time here. And to our sponsors and partners who continue to make this mission possible, @btrustteam, @HRF, @Tether_Africa, @afribitcoiners, @planb_network, and @freetechite, thank you. Your support is what transforms an idea into five days of hands on Bitcoin education across Africa. The Lightning Network is growing across this continent. One city, one bootcamp, one developer at a time. Next stop: Kisumu, Kenya 🇰🇪

Live from Bujumbura: 5-Day Lightning Development Bootcamp ⚡🇧🇮 An intensive hands-on training program taking place in Buja. Special thanks to @_Satoshee and @Ladyyyy_lo from @FreeRoutingAf, as well as the entire Africa Free Routing team, for making this initiative possible.

Let's go

Grateful to everyone who guided us through the Mastering Bitcoin calls. @tobi_bams @Dayvvo1 @megasley @200OKDeveloper Your time, insight and perspective made each call what it was. Appreciate you for rocking with us🤝 We’re just getting started. Stay Tuned for what’s next⚡

🚀NOW LIVE: Our Weekly Newsletter breakdowns high quality stories from, policy shifts and real adoption to the builders creating new economic rails on the ground. If you want a clearer view of Africa’s Bitcoin economy, this is for you. 👉Subscribe now: bitcoinnews.africa/newslette…

Designers don’t just need to understand interfaces. They need to understand systems. We’re joining BitDevs Kaduna for a Bitcoin LARP session, a live simulation of how the network actually works. You don’t watch. You participate. Join us → clooza.com/en/events/BITDEVS….

The continent is Orange 🚀🎉

We go again this Friday 🚀

Insightful. Thank you @FreeRoutingAf @blinkbtc

What happens when you take #Bitcoin conversations beyond Lagos and Nairobi? After speaking on #Bitcoin to an audience do they really get to understand what you are talking about? Is your language an adoption tax? @_Satoshee from @afribitcoiners at the @abcptza #ABCT26

Everything so far has been setup. Now it starts to click. Chapters 7 & 8 :Mastering Bitcoin With @megasley Designers trying to understand Bitcoin from first principles this is where it starts to click. RSVP → app.evento.so/e/evt_uBCrFFa3…

The last two Calls were 🔥🔥 So we’re continuing. Mastering Bitcoin: Chapters 5 & 6. Designers, money, and deeper questions. For every designer trying to understand Bitcoin from first principles, you should join us.. RSVP → app.evento.so/e/evt_R3dADAMp…

I don't buy Bitcoin to make money I buy Bitcoin because it IS money Nobody REALLY wants to buy precious metals as money, because nobody buys anything with gold and silver Gold and silver are purely for speculation

💥Celebrating Nigerian Bernard Parah (@bernard_parah) as our #4 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! 🇳🇬 We are proud to honor Bernard Parah, the CEO and Co-Founder of @Bitnob_official. He is the architect bridging Africa to the global financial system, combining relentless infrastructure building with massive human capital development. In 2025, Bernard's impact was monumental as he scaled the @Strike partnership, unlocking instant fiat-to-mobile money transfers for millions in Ghana and Kenya, while expanding Bitnob’s API to settle in about 8 African currencies. Beyond rails, he invested heavily in the future, training several developers across the continent and hosting the landmark Kampala, Kenya, and Nigeria Bootcamp to equip engineers with core Bitcoin skills alongside other remarkable events to contribute to the growth of the Bitcoin ecosystem. We deeply appreciate everything Bernard and his team are doing to build both the rails and the builders of Africa's future. Special shoutout to @DamilolaRobert for being more than instrumental to these remarkable strides from the @Bitnob_official team. Your value is undeniable, a true African Bitcoin revolutionary. We celebrate and honor you!

💥Celebrating Kenyan Sabina Gitau (@waithiraah) as our #8 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! 🇰🇪 We are proud to honor Sabina Gitau, the Co-Founder of @tando_me. In 2025, she focused relentlessly on utility, building the ultimate bridge between the Lightning Network and everyday spending in East Africa. In 2025, Sabina's impact was profound as she scaled Tando to allow anyone to spend Bitcoin anywhere M-PESA is accepted, utilizing a powerful "Bitcoin-to-fiat" mechanism. Tando opened vital remittance corridors, enabling Kenyans in the US, UK, and Nigeria to send funds home instantly to family mobile wallets. Furthermore, Tando became a critical off-ramp for circular economy merchants, allowing them to easily convert Bitcoin earnings to fiat to restock inventory. Driving the acquisition of Splice Africa, Sabina led the platform to process Lightning transactions, making Bitcoin practical for thousands. We deeply appreciate everything Sabina and her team are doing to make Bitcoin usable for everyone, every day spreading Bitcoin adoption across Africa. We value and celebrate you!

We kick off in 10 minutes 🚀 Link: freerouting.africa/bitcoin-r…