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We are bringing freedom to Africa through Bitcoin adoption and education. Please support us.
It’s Watch Party Wednesday! 🎬🍿 Join us today at 2PM UTC on Discord as we dive into Bitcoin content, break down key insights, and learn together in real time.⚡️ Expect: 🎥 Deep dives into Bitcoin topics. ⚡️ Practical insights you can apply. 💬 Interactive discussions with the community. Bring your questions and your curiosity. See you there!👇 discord.gg/uVD8C5Jurh image
💡Spotlight on BitDevs Mauritius 📍Location: Mauritius 🇲🇺 About: BitDevs Mauritius is a grassroots Bitcoin-only technical community for developers, researchers, students, and enthusiasts interested in the research and development of Bitcoin and related protocols/software. Some Key Objectives: 🔷Foster technical depth and protocol understanding — Dive into Bitcoin’s core mechanics (e.g., transaction anatomy, hashing, signatures, encoding, cryptography) to build strong foundational knowledge among local builders. 🔷Encourage hands-on research, development, and contributions — Support participants in exploring open-source projects, making their first contributions to Bitcoin-related codebases, and solving real technical challenges. 🔷Build a sustainable local developer community — Create regular, high-quality spaces for discussion, networking, and collaboration that grow Mauritius’s Bitcoin talent pipeline and connect it to the continent and globe. 🔷Promote “Build Locally, Contribute Globally” — Empower Mauritian developers to address regional needs (e.g., through Lightning, Nostr, or financial tools) while contributing meaningfully to the global Bitcoin open-source ecosystem. 🔷Educate and onboard the next generation — Run accessible sessions for students and beginners (e.g., Blockchain 101 + Bitcoin Network) alongside advanced topics, demystifying Bitcoin tech and inspiring long-term engagement. Connect with BitDevs Mauritius: Website: X handle: @BitDevsMRU 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
🔥 Most people grow up using money without ever asking: “What actually makes money good?” In our gamified website course, Asha starts asking that question. Because she notices something strange: 🔶 Prices keep rising. 🔶 Savings lose purchasing power. 🔶 Entire currencies can weaken within years. So she begins studying the history of money itself, and she discovers the important truth that money fails when it loses the properties that made it useful in the first place. Good money must be: ✔ Durable ✔ Scarce ✔ Portable ✔ Divisible ✔ Verifiable When money loses these properties, trust breaks down slowly, or all at once, and that realization changes how Asha sees Bitcoin. Our interactive website gamified course explores these ideas step by step, using simple explanations designed for Africans navigating inflation, unstable currencies, and changing financial systems. 🔶Understand why money evolves. 🔶Learn what makes money “good”. 🔶Explore Bitcoin from first principles. 👇 Start the journey now! image
How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in Mauritius?🇲🇺 Bitcoin adoption in Mauritius is progressing steadily, supported by a clear regulatory framework, its appeal as a financial hub, and growing grassroots community efforts. A Key Driver of Technical Adoption: 🔷BitDevs Mauritius: This project stands out as a vital grassroots project accelerating Bitcoin adoption through education, development, and community building. The project is part of the wider BitDevs Africa network supported by Btrust, which funds technical communities across the continent. X handle: @BitDevsMRU Overall, Bitcoin in Mauritius benefits from regulatory maturity and events that elevate its profile, with BitDevs Mauritius playing a crucial role in nurturing the technical community that will sustain deeper adoption. 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
🚨Not all money survives! ✖️Some disappear slowly through inflation. ✖️Some loses trust overnight. ✖️Some demands permission to use. ✖️Some gets weaker the harder people work for it. ✔️But some money survives generations. Why? Good money protects the time, energy, and value people store in it. 🎮That’s the question Asha begins to confront in our interactive website gamified course! Like millions across Africa, she watches prices rise, savings weaken, and the future become harder to predict.😑 She starts asking deeper questions: 🔶 Why does money lose value? 🔶 Why do governments keep printing more? 🔶 Why is saving becoming harder? 🔶 Is there an alternative? 👉Her journey leads her to Bitcoin. Not as speculation, or a hype. But as a new way to understand money itself. Our gamified course is designed to make these ideas simple, practical, and accessible, especially for Africans navigating inflation, unstable currencies, and broken financial systems. Whether you’re completely new or already curious about Bitcoin, this is your place to start. 🔶Learn at your own pace. 🔶Understand money deeply. 🔶Explore Bitcoin from first principles. 👇 Click and start the journey now! image
☀️Stack Sats Saturday! Your financial future is built one sat at a time. While others hesitate, stackers accumulate. ₿
💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Kids 📍Location: Cameroon🇨🇲 About: Bitcoin Kids is a pioneering, heartwarming Bitcoin education initiative that stands out across Africa for its unique focus on the next generation. Bitcoin Kids centers on the book "Bitcoin Kids: Financial Literacy for Kids" — a colorful, story-driven comic-style book that introduces young readers (typically under 10) to Bitcoin through relatable family scenarios. Some Key Objectives: 🔷Build Early Financial Literacy — Teach children the basics of money, its evolution, and why Bitcoin represents better, fairer money through fun, story-based learning. 🔷Promote Self-Custody and Sovereignty — Introduce age-appropriate concepts of personal responsibility, private keys, and financial independence to empower the next generation against fiat instability. 🔷Combat Low Literacy and Scams — Provide principled education that protects families from hype-driven schemes while bridging language and cultural gaps in Africa. 🔷Reach Families, Schools, and Communities — Distribute books and resources widely, support school clubs, and enable parents/educators to discuss Bitcoin openly in homes and classrooms. 🔷Scale Global Majority Impact — Expand translations, licensing, and programs to orange-pill millions of children across Africa and emerging regions, fostering long-term Bitcoin adoption from the grassroots up. Bitcoin Kids exemplifies a generational approach to adoption, it invests in cultural and educational foundations. Connect with BitcoinKids: Website: https://www.thebitcoinkids.com/ X handle: @KidsBitcoin 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
📚 Readers’ Friday Book Club Join us today on Discord at 6 PM UTC as we continue our deep dive into The Fiat Standard by @Saifedean Ammous. ⚡️ Today’s reading picks up from Chapter 15, where we explore: 🔶 Bitcoin and energy markets 🔶 Bitcoin mining: Anti-fiat technology 🔶 Difficulty adjustment: The secret sauce 🔶 Bitcoin fuel Expect sharp conversations, fresh perspectives, and deeper clarity on money, energy, and Bitcoin. Bring your curiosity 🧡 👉 Join the Discord community: image
How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in Cameroon? 🇨🇲 Bitcoin Adoption in Cameroon is progressing steadily in a grassroots, education-first manner, particularly strong in the economic hub of Douala. A Key Project Driving This Adoption: 🔷 Bitcoin Kids: Bitcoin Kids, founded by Cameroonian Nzonda Fotsing, is a standout, heartwarming initiative that sets Cameroon apart. It uniquely targets the next generation with age-appropriate Bitcoin education. 🔷 Impact: Distributed (often freely or affordably) to families, schools, and communities across Africa and beyond. It helps combat low financial literacy while countering hype/scam narrative with principled Bitcoin education. Nzonda's work also supports broader family and community onboarding. 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
🚨 Bitcoin in Africa is shifting fast! Latest adoption news from several countries in Africa, and even Mauritius, the newest country to be added to the Infographic database. What does this mean? ➡️Easier ways to earn and spend sats. ➡️More local businesses accepting Bitcoin. ➡️More Bitcoin projects sprouting across Africa. Get ready, African Bitcoiners — the landscape is evolving. How will you use the new opportunities? Drop your thoughts below!⬇️ image
⚡️Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? Bitcoin is the only monetary network where the “printing press” is basically, permanently switched off. There will never be more than 21 million BTC—no matter how much anyone wants it, no matter what happens in the economy. That means your ₿ can’t be diluted, only accumulated. image
💡Spotlight on BTC Sudan 📍Location: Sudan 🇸🇩 About: BTC Sudan (also known as BTC_Sudan) stands as one of the most dedicated grassroots Bitcoin initiatives in Sudan. It focuses on education, onboarding, and practical adoption in one of Africa's most challenging environments. Some Key Objectives: 🔷Youth Education First: The project prioritizes teaching Sudanese youth the principles of Bitcoin — from self-custody and sound money basics to its role as a hedge against hyperinflation and banking collapse. Sessions cover why Bitcoin matters in a country plagued by extreme currency devaluation, capital controls, and limited access to traditional finance. 🔷Hands-On Onboarding: BTC Sudan aims to successfully assist individuals in adopting Bitcoin. This includes practical help with wallets, P2P trading, remittances, and using BTC for daily needs. 🔷Community Building: The group aims to run meetups, trainings, and discussions, and collaborate with locals on the ground in Sudan while Sudan HODL contributes remotely. Connect with BTC Sudan: X handle: @BTC_Sudan Discord: 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
🎬 Watch Party Wednesday is live at 2PM UTC! We’re bringing the community together on Discord to watch, learn, and discuss everything Bitcoin—no noise, just signal. Plug in, ask questions, and connect with like-minded stackers. 👉 Join the Discord and don’t miss it: image
How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in Sudan? 🇸🇩 Bitcoin adoption in Sudan remains at an early, grassroots stage but shows steady organic growth, driven primarily by economic necessity rather than top-down policy or large-scale infrastructure. Key Project Driving Adoption: 🔷BTC_Sudan: The most visible grassroots effort is BTC_Sudan (also referenced as BTC Sudan), founded by "Sudan Hodl." This community initiative focuses on: Educating Sudanese youth about Bitcoin. X handle: @BTC_Sudan 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
💡Spending Bitcoin! Step 1: Choose a Bitcoin wallet recommended for Africa. Step 2: Load your wallet with Bitcoin (buy or earn sats). Step 3: Find local shops or online merchants accepting Bitcoin. Step 4: At checkout, select Bitcoin payment option. Step 5: Scan the merchant's Bitcoin QR code with your wallet app. Step 6: Confirm the payment amount and send. Step 7: Show payment confirmation to the merchant. Step 8: Enjoy your purchase – you just paid with Bitcoin! Ready to start? Earn Bitcoin through tasks and jobs with us! www.bitcoiners.africa image
💡Spotlight on Proof of Work Academy (POWA) 📍Location: Tanzania 🇹🇿 About: Proof of Work Academy (POWA or POWA255) is a Bitcoin education project empowering schools, youth, and communities in northern Tanzania through peer-to-peer (P2P) learning in Kiswahili. POWA delivers structured sessions on Bitcoin fundamentals, self-custody, wallets, and real use cases, often collaborating on Trezor Academy bootcamps (e.g., multi-session series in 2026 covering "Why Bitcoin," custodial/non-custodial wallets). Some Key Objectives: 🔷Deliver Bitcoin education in Kiswahili — Provide peer-to-peer, accessible learning on Bitcoin basics, origins, importance, and practical tools to local communities, schools, and youth who may face language barriers with English resources. 🔷Empower schools and students — Run sessions in secondary schools (e.g., Manushi Secondary in Moshi) and regions, introducing Bitcoin concepts alongside community initiatives to build financial literacy and future builders from an early age. 🔷Host structured academy programs — Organize Trezor Academy cohorts and ongoing workshops (e.g., multi-session series on wallets, security, Lightning) to deepen understanding and encourage self-custody adoption. 🔷Foster regional circular economy and adoption — Collaborate with Bitcoin Arusha to promote real-world use cases, merchant growth, and community events in Arusha/Kilimanjaro, linking education to practical sovereignty and impact projects. 🔷Build community impact and global connections — Combine Bitcoin teaching with social good, while connecting locals to broader African/global Bitcoin networks for inspiration and support. Connect with Proof of Work Academy: 👇Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives! image
🌍 Ready to see where Bitcoin works in Africa? Our map lights up cities where you can pay with Bitcoin at local shops, cafes, and services. Explore the map and start spending your Bitcoin where it counts: Which city would you visit first? Earn Bitcoin through tasks and jobs and add more Bitcoin to spend! 🚀 image