🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Say hello to Gavin Green! Gavin is just a pleb who discovered Bitcoin in late 2021, and found the answers to questions that was bugging him for years. A simple business owner his whole life. Father and husband. Music, Art, Reading, Sport & Tech - those things put a smile on his face. He currently organises a local bitcoin meetup and run a podcast called The Straight, No Chaser show. Official website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 A warm welcome to Melanie Carstens! Melanie is a media host, writer, and cultural curator with over 20 years’ experience in the music and fine art industries. She began working with Bitcoin five years ago as an alternative economic model in response to long-standing issues around ownership, control, and value distribution for artists. She is the host of Bitcoin & Beyond, a weekly interview series covering Bitcoin, Bitcoin L2s, artificial intelligence, and culture through conversations with global founders, artists, and thinkers, as well as Pulse, which provides current ecosystem updates. She also writes HXMXN, a publication focussed on Bitcoin, AI, and creativity as these systems evolve. Melanie has led three cohorts of the Stacks DeGrants Funding Program, supporting founders and artists across creative and digital industries. She is also an early investor and advocate for Bitcoin Ordinals, working to expand understanding of Bitcoin as a cultural and creative layer, not only a financial one. She is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Official website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Please welcome back Sabina! Sabina Gitau is the Co-Founder of @Tando.me where she’s working to advance Bitcoin payment solutions across Africa starting in Kenya. She’s passionate about financial freedom and sovereignty through Bitcoin, and is committed to helping African communities access the opportunities and independence that Bitcoin offers. Official website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

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🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Drum roll for Ivan Kaleja! @ivan_kaleja is the co-founder of Bitcoin for Humanity @b4_humanity and a researcher, writer, and speaker focused on Bitcoin Circular Economies around the world. He documents grassroots Bitcoin adoption in communities across Latin America, Africa, and Asia, highlighting how Bitcoin empowers people through education, financial inclusion, and local circular economies. Ivan is the co-author of Bitcoin Circular Economies and collaborates closely with communities building real-world Bitcoin adoption. Official website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Please welcome Tomas Chojnacki! Sound money nerd since discovering mises.org ~20 years ago. Former goldbug, bitcoin-only since 2018. Launched Satsback.com in 2020—a tool that helps people stack free sats while shopping online. Basically a bitcoin faucet with extra steps and profit, Lightning-only payouts from day 1. Recently much more interested in bitcoin as freedom money and merchant adoption than treasury reserve companies. Working on something new re: lightning payments. Official website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Please welcome Josue "Josh" Vazquez! Founder of Ola Bitcoin (olabitcoin.org) in Botswana, laser-focused on delivering free Bitcoin education and accelerating BTC adoption—not only in Botswana, but also in Zimbabwe. Josh holds a Master’s degree in Finance and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and spent over a decade in corporate America working as a financial and business analyst at an S&P 500 company before relocating to Botswana in 2015. Indefatigable pleb, doing his best to raise a family and orange pill a nation. Conference website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

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SATELLITE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT Please join @btc_capetown at their first Bitcoin monthly meetup of the year! #abct26

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🚨 Speaker Announcement🚨 Kindly welcome Judy Imasuen! Judy manages the Bitcoin Development Fund operations at the Human Rights Foundation @HRF . She works behind the scenes to support projects that improve Bitcoin’s accessibility, security, and impact across different communities. Official website: za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

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🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Russell Lamberti is Executive Director and Chief Economist at Sakeliga, an independent, non-profit business organisation in South Africa. He leads economic strategy and policy analysis, advancing the group’s mission to restore economic order at scale amid harmful economic policies and state failure. He also heads Sakeliga’s premium funder relations and contributes to various executive functions. Russell is a UCT School of Economics graduate with over 20 years of experience advising fund managers, professional investors, and corporate boards. He previously held economist and macro-strategy roles at Econometrix, ETM Analytics, and as founder of ETM Macro Advisors. He co-authored When Money Destroys Nations in 2014, a book about Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation and economic collapse. He lives in the Cape Winelands. Official website:

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🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Belyï Nobel Kubwayo is a Burundian Bitcoiner, economist, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of @btcshule, an initiative focused on Bitcoin education and the building of a Bitcoin Circular economy in Burundi, in an underserved and rural community called Winteko. Through community education, merchant onboarding, and local production initiatives, his work demonstrates how Bitcoin can support financial autonomy, resilience, and real economic activity in Africa. @belyi_nobel is also the Executive Director of @Freeti_Bdi and an active contributor to grassroots Bitcoin adoption efforts across the continent. za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

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🚨Speaker Announcement🚨 Carel De Jager is an engineer with a passion for Bitcoin, Cryptography, and Energy. Since 2016, he has trained developers, corporates, and governments globally on the benefits and use cases of Bitcoin. In 2019, he shifted his focus to product development, leading to his current role as CEO of SilverSixpence, where he spearheads the development of innovative blockchain accounting solutions. He also serves as CTO of Bitmach, a leading commercial Bitcoin mining company in South Africa. za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

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🚨MC Announcement🚨 Kindly welcome Tyron Momberg! Tyron has been around the local Bitcoin space since 2016. He founded BitcoinLagoon. He is an avid padel player, started @BitcoinPadels and championed the first-ever South African Bitcoin padel tournament after the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025 conference: https://www.youtube.com/live/5nNKNkERY2g za26.adoptingbitcoin.org #abct26

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