Pre-conference exploration of the majestic Cape Peninsula, shuttle and driver-guide kindly sponsored by:
unravelsurftravel.com
Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town
26th & 27th February 2027
For those asking, yes, we do have a live stream, starting Friday morning, 9am, SAST / UTC+2:
Machankura Stage Day 1 Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/live/n9LgQx8A8eE
Machankura Stage Day 2 Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/live/t0bTXqIqaMo
Blink Stage Day 1 Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/live/yuy3rSUn3fA
Blink Stage Day 2 Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/live/ruRLCKNc6V0
Unrelated to the getting-kicked-off-of-twitter-thing, from earlier today, tickets for the conference are almost sold out. We might have to close sales before Friday morning.
Our account on X has just been suspended.
We're moving to Nostr as our a primary source of information during the conference, until further notice.
The way I feel now, fuck X. Never going back there.
This is shaping up to be a hugely successful conference, tickets are basically sold out, we have some two of the largest political parties involved with senior leaders participating, there's huge excitement...
...and two days before the conference, we kicked off from Elon's pet project, for undetermined reasons.
Not coming to Cape Town for this week's conference?
Well, other than an awesome high-signal Bitcoin conference for boots-on-the-ground adoption, here's what else you're missing out on...
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Conference Announcement:
Side-events, and special workshops!!!
23 Jan
Unbankable Film Screening:
24 Jan
@Frank Corva - Writers Workshop:
@Djuri BTClock building workshop:
https://btclock.store/product/btclock-workshop-set-adopting-bitcoin-cape-town/
Unbankable - Film Screening
Thu, Jan. 23, 2025
Bitcoin Writers Workshop
Fri, Jan. 24, 2025
Speaker Announcement:
Leon is the founder and CEO of Cape Crypto, a proudly South African exchange launched in November 2020. With over 15 years of experience in software engineering and product management, Leon’s journey with Bitcoin began in 2012, fueling his vision for freedom by liberating South Africans from financial tyranny.
After honing his skills in product management at various startups across the world, most recently in Sydney and later at globalist-sell-out Luno in Cape Town, Leon founded Cape Crypto to simplify Bitcoin access for every South African, particularly the under-banked, by offering voucher and bank on-ramps, a no-frills no-fuss app, and uniquely, a Bitcoin-only mode, plus BTC Lightning — still the only South African exchange to do so.
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After honing his skills in product management at various startups across the world, most recently in Sydney and later at globalist-sell-out Luno in Cape Town, Leon founded Cape Crypto to simplify Bitcoin access for every South African, particularly the under-banked, by offering voucher and bank on-ramps, a no-frills no-fuss app, and uniquely, a Bitcoin-only mode, plus BTC Lightning — still the only South African exchange to do so.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
An artist from Seattle. Employed as a freelance consultant managing software development projects. Went through the looking glass while Satoshi was conversant on Bitcointalk. Estudiante de Español.
Practitioner of yoga, still rings, and meditation. Burner. Watercolorist. Enjoooyer of SF novels and romantic realism. Competent cook. Swing dancer.
Had a long corporate career, have lately been making the most of the self-sovereignty that Bitcoin has afforded me by painting pictures from travels, and working on an audacious project to create a rock opera monumentalizing the origin of Satoshi as a romantic hero's journey.
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Had a long corporate career, have lately been making the most of the self-sovereignty that Bitcoin has afforded me by painting pictures from travels, and working on an audacious project to create a rock opera monumentalizing the origin of Satoshi as a romantic hero's journey.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Felix Mukungu is founder of The Core, a Bitcoin education platform dedicated to creating Bitcoin awareness through education, content creation, and community building, in Nairobi Kenya. Additionally, he offers printing and branding services for Bitcoin projects under The Core Arts & Design.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
@Djuri always had a passion for open source and new technology. In 2016 he founded the “blockchain & crypto” team at Rabobank -one of the largest Dutch banks- where he quickly learned that the only real use case for a blockchain is Bitcoin.
After trying to educate the organization to no avail for eight years, he decided to go full time bitcoin by working at Satsback.com, Daedalus Labs and of course the open-source BTClock project.
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After trying to educate the organization to no avail for eight years, he decided to go full time bitcoin by working at Satsback.com, Daedalus Labs and of course the open-source BTClock project.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Dr. Khushboo Khullar (PhD in Economics - Energy Security) is a Venture Partner and Head of Portfolio Success at Lightning Ventures. Lightning Ventures(USA) is a Venture Capital fund that has invested in 40+ Bitcoin and FOSS startups till date through its Node 1 fund and syndicate.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Mzwanele Manyi has a background in economic geology, is a Harvard alumnus and a former Director General in the South African National Government. He has held senior executive positions in blue chip listed entities and multinational companies for decades. His corporate experience includes: Mining & Exploration Geology, Auto-sector, Banking, ICT and FMCG.
He is a Member of Parliament, and Chief Whip of the Leader of Opposition, uMkhonto WeSizwe (MK). He gained attention for his leadership of the Black Management Forum (BMF), where he advocated for the advancement of black professionals in South Africa's corporate sector.
Manyi was active in the African National Congress (ANC) and later the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), before joining the newly formed uMkhonto WeSizwe Party in 2024.
In December 2024 he signalled his support for an MK Party proposal, for South Africa to adopt Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve Asset.
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He is a Member of Parliament, and Chief Whip of the Leader of Opposition, uMkhonto WeSizwe (MK). He gained attention for his leadership of the Black Management Forum (BMF), where he advocated for the advancement of black professionals in South Africa's corporate sector.
Manyi was active in the African National Congress (ANC) and later the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), before joining the newly formed uMkhonto WeSizwe Party in 2024.
In December 2024 he signalled his support for an MK Party proposal, for South Africa to adopt Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve Asset.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Ian has lived in Malawi for the past ten years, where he founded a company to help startups and small businesses strengthen their financial management and raise capital.
He has been an advocate for bitcoin adoption in the country since 2014 and co-founded Bitcoin Boma in an effort to influence policy and support grassroots adoption and education.
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He has been an advocate for bitcoin adoption in the country since 2014 and co-founded Bitcoin Boma in an effort to influence policy and support grassroots adoption and education.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Stafford Masie has 30 Years of IT Industry Experience with an extensive career in the IT and digital innovation sectors, including leadership roles at global companies like Google, WeWork, Novell, and Dimension Data.
He worked as a Global Corporate Technology Strategist at Novell's HQ in Utah, USA for 7 years and is a former Google South Africa Country Manager, leading Google’s initiatives in South Africa, playing a key role in the introduction of new technologies and services across the region, and started Google's Africa presence and founded Google South Africa.
Stafford also developed a revolutionary mobile payment company and solution, the thumbzup Payment Pebble, empowering small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa, and went on to launch it globally.
He is a technology angel investor in several leading pre-seed startups, serves on the board of Discovery Bank, is chairman of the board at Altvest Capital, Chairman of the Wits University & Telkom Innovation Lab, and Guest (MBA) lecturer at GIBS, UJ School of Business, and Henley.
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He worked as a Global Corporate Technology Strategist at Novell's HQ in Utah, USA for 7 years and is a former Google South Africa Country Manager, leading Google’s initiatives in South Africa, playing a key role in the introduction of new technologies and services across the region, and started Google's Africa presence and founded Google South Africa.
Stafford also developed a revolutionary mobile payment company and solution, the thumbzup Payment Pebble, empowering small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa, and went on to launch it globally.
He is a technology angel investor in several leading pre-seed startups, serves on the board of Discovery Bank, is chairman of the board at Altvest Capital, Chairman of the Wits University & Telkom Innovation Lab, and Guest (MBA) lecturer at GIBS, UJ School of Business, and Henley.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Grant Gombwa is a Bitcoin advocate from Malawi and the Co- Executive Director of Bitcoin Boma. He’s also worked for The Core Bitcoin education platform founded by Felix Mukungu as a program manager.
Bitcoin Boma Coalition is an open platform, resources center, A hub for Malawian Bitcoiners and anyone interested in learning more about Bitcoin in Malawi as part of decentralized economic approach for an open and free market in Malawi.
Bitcoin Boma Coalition is an open platform, resources center, A hub for Malawian Bitcoiners and anyone interested in learning more about Bitcoin in Malawi as part of decentralized economic approach for an open and free market in Malawi.
Speaker Announcement:
Grant Gombwa is a Bitcoin advocate from Malawi and the Co- Executive Director of Bitcoin Boma.
He’s also worked for The Core Bitcoin education platform founded by Mukungu Felix as a program manager.
Bitcoin Boma Coalition is an open platform, resources center, and a hub for Malawian Bitcoiners and anyone interested in learning more about Bitcoin in Malawi.
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Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.
Speaker Announcement:
Conor Okus is an open-source product manager and community builder.
He works at Spiralbtc managing the FOSS Bitcoin grant program and advocating for open-source Bitcoin software and tools such as BDK, LDK & Bitcoin Design Guide.
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He works at Spiralbtc managing the FOSS Bitcoin grant program and advocating for open-source Bitcoin software and tools such as BDK, LDK & Bitcoin Design Guide.
Get Tickets:
Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025
The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.