Kenya Wants to Watch the Chain Before It Licenses a Single Bitcoin Exchange
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is shopping for a blockchain surveillance system. No exchange has been licensed yet. No firm
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Author: Megasley
The CFA Franc and Bitcoin: Africa’s Most Important Monetary Story
On January 13, 1963, soldiers shot Sylvanus Olympio outside the United States embassy in Lomé, Togo. He was the country’s
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Farida Nabourema Says the African Bitcoin Ecosystem Has a Credibility Crisis. She Is Right to Say It.
On July 10, 2026, Farida Nabourema, founder of the Africa Bitcoin Conference, Togolese human rights activist, and one of the
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Three Weeks in Kenya Changed How I See Bitcoin’s Future in Africa
I just spent more than three weeks in Kenya. I am heading home now, grateful, energised, and more convinced than
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Women Are Building Bitcoin’s Future in Africa, And Btrust Is Funding Them
Bitcoin promises open, neutral, and fair money for everyone. However, the people building that money have not always reflected that
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Walking Kibera’s Bitcoin Circular Economy: The Day That Defined the Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026
The Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026 ended on June 26, not in a conference hall, but on the streets of Kibera.
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I Landed in Nairobi on June 5 With a Lightning Wallet and No Plans to Touch Shillings
On June 5, 2026, I touched down in Nairobi with a Lightning wallet, a backpack, and one plan: survive the
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Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s Year of Execution Shows What Bitcoin Focused Companies in Africa Can Become
The African Bitcoin ecosystem is entering a new phase. For years, many companies focused only on education, speculation, or basic
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“Four Months in Kenya, Not Once Did I Touch Fiat”: A Zambian’s Bitcoin-Only Lifer
A Zambian traveller has just put the African Bitcoin thesis to the ultimate test. According to a post on X
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Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026: The $778 Million Pizza and the Two Men Behind It
Today is Bitcoin Pizza Day. Every 22 May, the Bitcoin community remembers the first time anyone bought a real-world good
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