Speaking now: Deven Moodley from Pick n Pay Sharing the story behind why Pick n pay decided to accept Bitcoin as payment method. Machankura Stage Day 1 Livestream youtube.com/live/n9LgQx8A8

Ready for an awesome 1st day of the African Bitcoin Conference Capetown, here at the V&A Waterfront! Loads of interesting speakers lined up for today. Watch on the livestream links: 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 Machankura Stage Day 1 Livestream youtube.com/live/n9LgQx8A8… Machankura Stage Day 2 Livestream youtube.com/live/t0bTXqIqa… Blink Stage Day 1 Livestream youtube.com/live/yuy3rSUn3… Blink Stage Day 2 Livestream youtube.com/live/ruRLCKNc6…

And yes, our account on X remains suspended. Posting conference updates on Nostr only.

Here we go! We're going live in about 3 hours: Machankura Stage - Day 1 Livestream https://www.youtube.com/live/n9LgQx8A8eE Blink Stage - Day 1 Livestream https://www.youtube.com/live/yuy3rSUn3fA

We don't hand out crap at our conference. Stuff that gets thrown in a hotel bin before anyone's looked at it. If you're gonna spend resources printing, make sure it's worthwhile printing. Each attendee gets one of these each.

Reminder - Film Screening Tonight, 6pm!!! Unbankable ‘Can Africa Save the West?’ We'll be screening 'Unbankable' on the 23rd of January, at 6pm, as an official opening to Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town, at the historic Labia Theater! Get your tickets here:

Unbankable - Film Screening

Thu, Jan. 23, 2025

Watch the trailer: https://unbankablemovie.com

Pre-conference exploration of the majestic Cape Peninsula, shuttle and driver-guide kindly sponsored by: unravelsurftravel.com

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... (Video by: unravelsurftravel.com)

Conference Announcement: Side-events, and special workshops!!! 23 Jan Unbankable Film Screening:

Unbankable - Film Screening

Thu, Jan. 23, 2025

24 Jan @Frank Corva - Writers Workshop:

Bitcoin Writers Workshop

Fri, Jan. 24, 2025

@Djuri BTClock building workshop: https://btclock.store/product/btclock-workshop-set-adopting-bitcoin-cape-town/

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. Get Tickets:

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. Get Tickets:

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. Get Tickets:

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. Get Tickets:

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. Get Tickets:

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. Get Tickets:

Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025

The boots-on-the-ground Bitcoin conference for real-world adoption in Southern Africa.