🇿🇦 Rencontre mensuelle conviviale de Stellenbosch Bitcoin. En Afrique du Sud, la scène Bitcoin ne se limite pas aux grandes conférences: elle vit aussi dans des meetups mensuels, accessibles et conviviaux. 👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/rencontre-mensuelle-conviviale-de-stellenbosch-btc/

🇧🇯 Bitcoin Mastermind 2026: Cotonou clôture une édition marquante pour l’écosystème Bitcoin francophone. Au Bénin, l’une des scènes Bitcoin les plus structurées d’Afrique francophone a encore fait ses preuves. Du 3 au 5 juillet 2026, Bitcoin Mastermind 2026 (#BMM26) s’est tenu à l’hôtel Golden Tulip Le Diplomate... 👉https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-mastermind-2026-cloture-cotonou-benin/

NEW: 🇰🇪 The Education Revolution Changing Africa —New Documentary Shows Grassroots Bitcoin Education Transforming Kenya. A powerful new documentary, "Bigger than Bitcoin" is shining a spotlight on how open-source Bitcoin education is transforming lives and building financial sovereignty across Kenya.📽️🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/the-education-revolution-changing-africa-new-documentary-shows-grassroots-bitcoin-education-transforming-kenya/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s SEC Admits Nine Digital Asset Firms Including Luno in Its Biggest Regulatory Push Since 2024. Since Nigeria’s Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme launched in August 2024, only two companies, Busha and Quidax, had received Approval-in-Principle to operate as digital asset exchanges. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/nigeria-sec-arip-nine-firms-luno-koinkoin-bitcoin-regulation-july-2026/

NEW: 🇲🇼 Speaker and Host Applications Closing Soon for Africa Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Blantyre, Malawi. With just days remaining before the portal closes, the organizers of the Africa Bitcoin Conference (ABC) have issued a final urgent call for speakers, panel hosts... Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/speaker-and-host-applications-closing-soon-for-abc-2026-in-blantyre-malawi/

NEW: 🇧🇯 Bitcoin Mastermind 2026 — Francophone Africa’s Ecosystem Kicks Off in Cotonou. Over the years, this annual gathering has cemented itself as the premier Bitcoin event for French-speaking Africa, uniting dedicated developers, local entrepreneurs, and sovereign educators across the region.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-mastermind-2026-cotonou-francophone-africa/

NEW:⚡️nprofile1qqsg6gcf7gx74c2ls58vl653mlaah68ddk4wrj5gg8kux3walma4zwcn2jhk8 Completes First Language Clubs Cohort of 2026. The goal is language fluency, improved ability to read and navigate real Bitcoin codebases, and better preparation for open-source contributions. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-builders-completes-first-language-clubs-cohort-of-2026/

NEW: 🇿🇦 Tickets Go on Sale for ‘Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2027’. Organizers of @Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town have officially launched ticket sales for their highly anticipated 2027 edition. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/tickets-go-on-sale-for-adopting-bitcoin-cape-town-2027/

NEW: 🚨Bitcoin Community Divided as BIP-110 Advances to Complete Status With August Activation Looming. BIP-110, formally titled the Reduced Data Temporary Softfork, proposes a one-year consensus-level restriction on arbitrary data embedding in Bitcoin transactions. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-bip-110-complete-status-august-activation-ordinals-2026/

NEW: ⚡️Women Are Building Bitcoin’s Future in Africa, And Btrust Is Funding Them. In the just-concluded @Btrust Builders Q1 2026 Mastering Bitcoin cohort, 34% of participants were women. Recently, Btrust spotlighted three African women whose work shows exactly what that future looks like. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/women-bitcoin-developers-africa-btrust/

NEW: ⚡️Blink Wallet Launches Non-Custodial Accounts — Empowering Self-Custody Bitcoin Users Across Africa and the World. Blink Wallet has rolled out non-custodial accounts on both iOS and Android. Users now hold their own keys with the same simple, fast Lightning experience.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/blink-wallet-launches-non-custodial-accounts-empowering-self-custody-bitcoin-users-across-africa-and-the-world/

NEW: ⚡️Lightning Labs Ships Taproot Assets v0.8 and a New SDK as USDT Goes Live on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. For developers across Africa building remittance rails, merchant payment tools, and cross-border infrastructure, the practical implication is straightforward. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/lightning-labs-taproot-assets-v0-8-sdk-usdt-lightning-june-2026/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Anambra x Trezor Academy Successfully Conclude 3-day Bitcoin Immersion Class in Awka, Nigeria. The program equipped participants with foundational Bitcoin knowledge, practical skills, and critical awareness of risks, positioning Bitcoin as a tool for long-term financial protection. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-anambra-x-trezor-academy-successfully-conclude-3-day-bitcoin-immersion-class-in-awka-nigeria/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Proof of Love — Inside Jodom & Mary’s Historic Nairobi Wedding. Jodom Konuko (the creator of Minmo and Bitsacco) and Mary Imasuen (a podcaster and Minmo co-founder) stepped away from the tech events to get married. For the African Bitcoin community, this wedding was a huge moment. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/proof-of-love-inside-jodom-marys-historic-nairobi-wedding/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Walking Kibera’s Bitcoin Circular Economy — The Day That Defined the Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026. The Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026 ended on June 26, not in a conference hall, but on the streets of Kibera. The closing day took participants out of the ASK Dome and into Africa’s largest Bitcoin circular economy. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-nairobi-conference-2026-kibera-circular-economy/

RECAP: 🧵 MavaPay’s Theophilus Isah shares how a failed hackathon project became one of Africa’s most resilient Bitcoin Lightning off-ramps. Turning sats into instant local bank transfers across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Isah explains why Bitcoin, not the banking system, is the part that actually works.⚡️ The product evolved from hackathon prototype to full mobile app precisely because early users kept coming back. 👇Read. 1/7

NEW: ⚡️Trezor Academy Releases “Seeding Bitcoin” Documentary on Africa’s Bitcoin Education Revolution. The film, published on June 25, 2026, showcases how Bitcoin education is helping communities across Sub-Saharan Africa achieve greater financial independence.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/trezor-academy-releases-seeding-bitcoin-documentary-on-africas-bitcoin-education-revolution/

NEW: BTCPay Server 2.4.0 Ships With Passkey Login, Multisig Wallet Setup, and New Merchant Integrations. A Major Update for the World’s Most Used Self-Hosted Bitcoin Payment Processor. BTCPay Server has released version 2.4.0, one of its most feature-rich updates to date.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btcpay-server-2-4-0-passkey-multisig-merchant-integrations-june-2026/

NEW: 🇰🇪 African Builders Shine at the Bitcoin++ Nairobi Hackathon. Over the course of two intense days, 90 builders gathered from across Africa. Consequently, they transformed brilliant concepts into functional open-source projects.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/plus-plus-nairobi-hackathon-winners-2026/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026 Kicked Off at A.S.K. Dome with Opening Keynote by Robert Kirubi. The Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026 officially launched on June 24 at the A.S.K. Dome in Jamhuri Park, marking the start of Africa’s premier independent, Africa-led Bitcoin event. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-nairobi-conference-2026-kicks-off-at-a-s-k-dome-with-opening-keynote-by-robert-kirubi/