Bitcoin Dada Graduation 2026: Four Cohorts to Celebrate in Nairobi

The Bitcoin Dada graduation takes place on Saturday, 28 November 2026, in Nairobi, Kenya. The programme announced the date on X. Four cohorts will graduate: Bitcoin Dada Cohorts 11 and 12, and Dada Devs Cohorts 4 and 5. The event runs from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EAT at The Concord Hotel and Suites in Parklands.

Dada Devs is the technical side of the programme. It trains African women software engineers to build on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, a layer that makes Bitcoin payments faster. The programme has trained over 150 engineers. Cohort 5 began with more than 50 women in an eight week course on open source Bitcoin development.

Founder Lorraine Marcel says Dada Devs gives women space to build Bitcoin solutions for their own communities. Graduation day shows what that looks like in practice: women who joined to learn about Bitcoin now graduate as Bitcoin users and builders.