Bitcoin & Privacy for Civil Society in Africa

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HakiFedha is a multilingual knowledge hub built for the people authorities try to silence and surveil: activists, journalists, human rights defenders, whistleblowers, and community organisers across Africa. Our name comes from Swahili. HAKI means justice, rights, and fairness. FEDHA means money and finance. Together they reflect a simple belief: financial sovereignty and privacy are not technical luxuries. They are justice. We provide practical technical guidance on Bitcoin, privacy & decentralised tools for civil society in Africa.

HakiFedha 2 months ago

What if the NGOs in Burkina Faso forced into state-owned banks had used Bitcoin self-custody? If they held even a fraction of their reserves outside the state banking system, the outcome would look very different. We built a free knowledge hub to ensure African civil society is equipped with this knowledge before the next directive drops:

Burkina Faso Orders All NGOs to Bank with the State, Tightening Control - Ecofin Agency

Burkina Faso orders NGOs to use state-run bank for all funds Move follows arrests, aims to tighten oversight of foreign NGOs Burkina Faso

@Bitcoin Policy UK @gladstein @HRF

HakiFedha 2 months ago

As we build the Africa Financial Tyranny Index (AFTI), we completely agree with the sentiment: "You can never fully understand #bitcoin when you never got unbanked." Spoken truly by @BankSith Our documented index is young and not exhaustive, but the work has begun:

HakiFedha | Financial Justice & Privacy

Africa Financial Tyranny Index (AFTI)

Tracking how African governments use financial infrastructure to silence civil society.

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HakiFedha 2 months ago

The Burkina Faso playbook is not new. Financial repression is a tool of political control across Africa:

Burkina Faso Orders All NGOs to Bank with the State, Tightening Control - Ecofin Agency

Burkina Faso orders NGOs to use state-run bank for all funds Move follows arrests, aims to tighten oversight of foreign NGOs Burkina Faso

This is why HakiFedha is here: Financial justice starts with knowing your options.

HakiFedha 2 months ago

Fiat Currency Hall of Fame: The largest banknote ever printed: The Zimbabwe 100 Trillion Dollar note ($100,000,000,000,000). Issued in January 2009 at the peak of hyperinflation, this massive denomination was worth just about $30 USD at launch. Barely enough to buy a single loaf of bread. Money printing is a ghost story told in real time.

HakiFedha 2 months ago

In 2025, Burkina Faso ordered every NGO to transfer all funds to a state bank. What if those NGOs had understood Bitcoin before the decree? This is why we built HakiFedha. HakiFedha is a free, multilingual, open-source knowledge hub for activists, journalists, whistleblowers, community organisers, and human rights defenders in Africa. Bitcoin. Privacy. Financial sovereignty. In plain language, for your context:

HakiFedha | Financial Justice & Privacy

Be Your Own Bank: What Burkina Faso Tells Us About Bitcoin & Civil Society in Africa

By HakiFedha team In October 2025, the transitional government of Burkina Faso issued an instruction that should have alarmed civil society organis...

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