🏆 At #20, we celebrate Nigeria’s Ayobami Atolagbe as one of the 21 Most Impactful African Bitcoiners of 2026! 🇳🇬
Through BitKwa, Ayobami is taking Bitcoin beyond the classroom and into communities, businesses, and local economies across Africa.
As the founder of BitKwa, his work focuses on turning Bitcoin knowledge into practical use through education, merchant onboarding, circular economies, and grassroots community building.
In 2026, BitKwa continued expanding its Bitcoin Diploma. Its first cohort attracted 300+ applicants from 14 African countries and produced 60+ graduates, while a second cohort also graduated and new learners continued to join the programme.
Through Sats On The Road, Ayobami took Bitcoin education across borders, covering roughly 3,000 km through Benin, Togo, and Burkina Faso, onboarding 20+ merchants to Lightning and training local Bitcoin educators along the way.
Back in Kwara, BitKwa is also building a growing Bitcoin circular economy, with merchants accepting Lightning payments and communities learning how Bitcoin can work in everyday economic activity.
His work extends beyond education. As Fedi Knight for Nigeria, Ayobami is also helping connect communities, merchants, and partners with tools for community custody and Bitcoin adoption.
From reaching thousands through education to connecting educators, developers, merchants, and communities, Ayobami is helping move Bitcoin from something people hear about to something they can learn, use, and build with.
Thank you, Ayobami, for taking Bitcoin education on the road, into communities and building where the impact is felt. 🧡
