💥Celebrating Nigerian Prince Ogbonna as our #13 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025!🇳🇬 Our #13 is pioneering Prince Ogbonna, Nigerian entrepreneur driving practical Lightning adoption through iPayBTC, a simple Bitcoin-only payment platform built for everyday use across Africa. In 2025, Prince's impact was profound: scaling iPayBTC to process over $2 million in Bitcoin transactions via Lightning Network, enabling thousands of users to buy airtime, data, electricity, and bills instantly at low fees, targeting African users for seamless Bitcoin utility in daily commerce and cross-border remittances. He is expanding merchant integrations and pioneering student networks like Bitcoin On Campus to onboard students, and non-technical users for non-custodial self sovereignty; also integrating seamless P2P trading features for on/off ramp conversions bridging traditional and decentralized systems. We deeply appreciate everything Prince and his incredible team are doing to drive Bitcoin adoption across Africa. We see your passion. We see your impact. 👇Learn more about Prince Ogbonna our 13th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025!

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💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Babies 📍 Location: Kenya 🇰🇪 About: A non-profit supporting new mothers during their baby’s first year by providing financial empowerment through Bitcoin and educational courses to enhance skills and knowledge. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Provide financial support through Bitcoin. 🔹Educate mothers on caregiving and finance. 🔹Build community resilience. 🔹Enhance maternal and infant well-being. 🔹Foster Bitcoin adoption as economic empowerment. You can connect with Bitcoin Babies: Website:

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💥Celebrating Kenyan Mukungu Felix (nprofile1qqste49jxj4r672wcml2dmvamy7df4jj9gedr6d2a88dc6k4ucnu2ccpylrmt) as our #14 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025!🇰🇪 Our #14 is dynamic Mukungu Felix, East African innovator and founder of @thecore21m Nairobi's premier Bitcoin hub championing youth education, Lightning Network adoption, and open-source development to empower the next generation of builders. In 2025, Felix’s incredible team empowered over 500 young Africans, putting the power of self-custody and Lightning payments straight into their hands. They ignited the community by hosting 7+ vibrant meetups and two major Bitcoin Unconferences, distributing a treasury of over 300,000+ sats in rewards to fuel grassroots projects. The Core also launched 20+ freelance work opportunities across Africa and directly mentored 300+ builders (through partnerships with @Blink Wallet & Trezor Academy). Their pioneering cross-border Lightning pilots achieved a staggering 30% slash in remittance costs, cementing Nairobi as the uncontested technical education powerhouse in East Africa! Our gratitude runs deep. Thank you to Felix and his extraordinary team for relentlessly stacking sats and igniting the Bitcoin revolution across the continent. We absolutely salute your vision! 👇 Learn more about Mukungu Felix our 14th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025!

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Fun Fact Thursday ⚡️ Did you know? The last Bitcoin will be mined in the year 2140. That’s a 100+ year countdown.⏳⛏️

💡Spotlight on AFRIBIT KIBERA 📍 Location: Kibera, Nairobi Kenya.🇰🇪 About: @Afribit Kibera is a Bitcoin circular economy project that weaves Bitcoin into the fabric of daily life, fostering environmental stewardship and economic resilience. Their work in Kibera focuses on equipping everyday people with tools to earn, trade, and thrive using Bitcoin. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Onboard local merchants, traders, and service providers to accept and circulate Bitcoin. 🔹Integrate waste management and upcycling programs (e.g., Women's Upcycling Collective and Waste Incentives), rewarding recycling with Bitcoin. 🔹Educating and Scaling Knowledge: Host Bitcoin-focused workshops to orange-pill the community. 🔹Provide Microloans and Accelerators for merchants (Bike Riders) to drive financial independence. You can connect with AFRIBIT KIBERA: Website:

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💥Celebrating Nigerian Theophilus Isah as our #15 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! 🇳🇬 Our #15 is the innovative Theophilus Isah, Co-founder & CEO of Mavapay. He is a pivotal figure in West Africa, driving Bitcoin adoption through practical digital payment solutions for merchants, developers, and everyday users. In 2025, the Mavapay platform provides essential low-barrier on-ramps for converting fiat to Bitcoin via Lightning, while championing circular economies to help merchants hedge against volatility. He also collaborated with BTCPay Server to build an open-source fiat-to-Bitcoin bridge that simplifies merchant acceptance. He is a true builder committed to developer empowerment, Theophilus co-created Nodegaze, an open-source observability tool for Lightning nodes. As a Faculty Coordinator for @btrust_builders, he mentors over 500 engineers and actively facilitates Bitcoin developer bootcamps across Nigeria and Ghana to train the next generation. Furthermore, leveraging the Mavapay API, his infrastructure facilitated fast, seamless cross-border payments routed through the Lightning Network, processing over $600,000+ to strengthen economic resilience in the region. We deeply appreciate everything Theophilus and his incredible team are doing to create Bitcoin payment solutions & drive Bitcoin adoption across Africa. Africa celebrates you. 🧡 👇 Learn more about Theophilus Isah our 15th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025!

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💡Spotlight on DadaDevs About: DADA DEVS is a transformative initiative dedicated to equipping African women with the essential skills to thrive in Bitcoin development and the open-source ecosystem. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Deliver specialized workshops, bootcamps, and mentorship to master Bitcoin Core, Lightning Network, and open-source tools. 🔹Guide participants in turning bold ideas into real-world Bitcoin projects, complete with resources and expert feedback. 🔹Promote Bitcoin adoption across Africa via education, research, and advocacy for a more inclusive, accessible future. 🔹Link devs with international leaders, organizations, and grassroots movements for endless opportunities and collaborations. 🔹Build skills through collaborative projects, ensuring women gain practical experience and contribute to Bitcoin's open-source world. You can connect with DADA DEVS: Website:

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SOUTH AFRICA, WE ARE BACK! 🇿🇦 After an incredible run in Nigeria, the Lightning Developer Bootcamp returns to Cape Town for version 2.0. We are hosting an intensive 5-day deep dive to help you gain the technical knowledge to build the next generation of African Bitcoin infrastructure. 👇Spots are limited. Don't miss out!

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💥Celebrating the Ghanaian Mawufemor Kofi Folivi (nprofile1qqsglechnph4ymg36xtunhj930ht02vf2d4apzkdn6zkj92fv942l8s8hasu8) as our #16 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! 🇬🇭 Mawufemor is a visionary trailblazer who has transformed Agbozume into one of Africa’s most vibrant Bitcoin circular economies. As the founder of @BitcoinDua and Managing Director of the Talent Tahuf Foundation, he blends youth STEM education with practical merchant onboarding to build a truly self-sustaining local economy. In 2025, his impact has been remarkable. The Bitcoin Dua merchant network has grown into a thriving ecosystem of more than 25 local businesses, barbers, grocery shops, restaurants, bars, and even a police canteen where residents earn and spend sats as part of the ongoing #SPEDN campaign. His robotics, coding, and sats-earning bootcamps are equipping students with both digital skills and real Bitcoin wallets, while senior high schools across the Volta Region now run structured financial literacy and Bitcoin programs with peer-to-peer transactions happening in real time. He hosted several monthly community events from beach trainings to market activations and football tournaments infused with Bitcoin education and continues to onboard hundreds of new users and push grassroots adoption deep into the heart of the region. We deeply appreciate Mawufemor and his team for educating, empowering, and orange-pilling Africa’s next generation right where it matters most. We celebrate you, brother. Keep building. ⚡️ 👇 Learn more about Mawufemor Kofi our 16th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025!

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💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Dada 📍 Location: Kenya 🇰🇪 About: Bitcoin Dada @BITCOIN DADA ("Dada" meaning "Sister" in Swahili) is a non-profit women-centric initiative dedicated to bridging the gender gap in Africa's Bitcoin ecosystem. Bitcoin Dada empowers African women with comprehensive Bitcoin education to achieve financial independence and thrive in the digital economy, also through workshops, online courses, and mentorship programs that turn "sisters" into sovereign Bitcoiners, accelerating adoption across the continent. Bitcoin Dada now spans across 11 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Uganda, Cameroon, and Namibia. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Provide Accessible Education: Deliver comprehensive financial literacy programs on Bitcoin basics and advanced concepts to demystify the tech for women. 🔹Equip for Independence: Arm participants with practical tools to securely manage, invest, and grow their Bitcoin holdings. 🔹Boost Engagement: Enable confident participation in Bitcoin's technical and non-technical aspects, unlocking economic opportunities. 🔹Narrow Disparities: Create women-only spaces to combat exclusion, build confidence, and actively reduce gender gaps in access. 🔹Expand Reach: Scale initiatives like workshops, mentorship pairings, and online resources to connect and inspire women across Africa. You can connect with Bitcoin Dada: Website: btcdada.com 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa:

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💥Celebrating South African Glenn Jooste (nprofile1qqs800kg598cpuj8sspwgmqduws05pdmxd5qesxwe9er6x4f30atffg4nlm9u ) as our #17 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2025! Our #17 is the resilient Glenn Jooste, South African pioneer igniting Bitcoin adoption through grassroots education, Lightning infrastructure, and community empowerment, turning financial exclusion into sovereignty for the underbanked. In 2025 he organised and contributed to dozens of meetups, workshops via Bitcoin Ubuntu and online classes, delivering hands-on training that empowered over 1,000 students – both in Swellendam and across the continent – with Bitcoin fundamentals, self-custody, and Lightning Network skills, Some participants have gone on to build circular economies, onboard merchants, and send low-cost remittances, slashing reliance on traditional banks. A contributor to more than half a dozen independent African education and real-world Bitcoin projects, such as: @thecore21m @Bitcoin Africa Story Bitcoin Boma, @Bitsavers Eduhub @Citrusrate and School of Satoshi, and he is currently providing technical support to over 34 circular economy projects across Africa. We deeply appreciate everything Glenn and his incredible team are doing to relentlessly drive Bitcoin adoption across Africa. We see you. 👇 Learn more about Glenn Jooste our 17th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025!

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✨ Recap: Our Number 18–21 Most Impactful African Bitcoiners for 2025✨ This week, we introduced the first four names on our Most Impactful African Bitcoiners 2025 list. Each of them represents real, on-the-ground work — teaching, building, and expanding Bitcoin access in their communities. #18 — Gloire Kambale 🇨🇩 (@Gloir) A driving force in Goma, DRC. Through Bridgesats, Kiveclair, and his team’s contributions to be-BOP.io, Gloire is helping unbanked merchants earn and save in sats while pushing genuine financial sovereignty across Congo. #19 — Nzonda Fotsing 🇨🇲 Driving Bitcoin education across Francophone Africa. From leading BTC Afrique to creating the Bitcoin Kids comic, Nzonda is shaping the next generation of Bitcoiners. #20 — Belyï Nobel Kubwayo 🇧🇮 Founder of BTC Shule and the spark behind Burundi’s growing Bitcoin movement. His work—translations, courses, and connecting rural villages—keeps opening doors for everyday people. #21 — Grant Gombwa 🇲🇼 Putting Malawi on the Bitcoin map. Through Bitcoin Boma, Grant is building a strong culture of self-custody, education, and community-led adoption. These four remind us that Bitcoin in Africa grows because people show up, teach, build, and stay committed. Their proof of work speaks for itself. We’ll be announcing a new honouree every weekday as we build toward the Top 3 reveal at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius. All 21 honourees will receive curated gifts created in partnership with Trezor Academy. Stay tuned! 👇Learn more!

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💡Spotlight on Bitsavers Eduhub 📍 Location: Kenya 🇰🇪 About: @Bitsavers Eduhub is a dynamic, youth-led initiative revolutionizing financial literacy in Africa by equipping young people with essential Bitcoin knowledge and self-custody practices to achieve financial sovereignty. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Equip Youth with Bitcoin fundamentals and self-custody skills. 🔹Foster Peer-to-Peer learning and cross-border collaborations. 🔹Drive campus outreach and grassroots adoption. 🔹Educate on advanced Bitcoin innovations and risks such as Bitcoin mining, Lightning Network, nodes, and scam avoidance. You can connect & support Bitsavers Eduhub: X handle: @BitEduhub Support:

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💥Our deepest gratitude goes to Congolese Gloire Kambale as our #18 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025. A trailblazer driving Bitcoin adoption in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.🇨🇩 As founder of Bridge Sats, co-founder of Kiveclair & the @Africa Bitcoin Conference he's building bridges for financial sovereignty. In 2025, he's spearheading PlanB Network's Africa expansion with multilingual Bitcoin resources empowering thousands in education and sovereignty; his team at Bridge Sats contributes to be-BOP.io, an open-source, self-hosted sales platform with Bitcoin and Nostr integration enabling unbanked merchants to stack sats without middlemen; advancing sustainable energy valorization, unlocking industrial potential for Bitcoin infrastructure hence enhancing long-term user security across African communities. We deeply appreciate everything Gloire and his incredible team are doing to spread Bitcoin adoption within and across Africa. Thank you! 👇 Learn more about Gloire Kambale our 18th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner 2025!

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