Bitcoin Road Trip
Bitcoin Ekasi is taking 20 travellers on a Bitcoin road trip along South Africa’s Garden Route in 2027.
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Bitcoin Ekasi
South Africa’s Proposed Rules Would Ban Buying Bread With Bitcoin. MoneyBadger Wants Policymakers to Rethink
MoneyBadger, the payment provider powering Bitcoin acceptance at Pick n Pay and South African Airways, is warning that the SARB’s draft exchange control rules would classify any payment from a private Bitcoin wallet as prohibited, even when the buyer is simply paying for bread and the merchant receives rand. The public comment period closes today.
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African Bitcoin Builders Take The Global Stage
African Bitcoin builders from Nigeria, Benin, South Africa and Kenya are speaking at major global conferences this October.
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Bitcoin Education in Africa Set for a Fresh Boost
Bitcoin education in Africa is set to expand, as groups in Zambia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Lebanon prepare new training and funding.
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South Africa’s Bitcoin Township: Herman Vivier on Five Years of Turning a 2010 Surf Charity into Mossel Bay’s Working Circular Economy
Bitcoin Ekasi did not start with code or venture capital. It started with eleven years of community trust in a Mossel Bay township, then layered Bitcoin on top to pay surf coaches in sats and get spaza shops accepting them. Herman Vivier on five years of building Africa’s most recognised Bitcoin circular economy.
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Bitcoin Ekasi Announces Pan-African Bitcoin Tour to Show How Circular Economies Actually Work
Bitcoin Ekasi has announced a Pan-African Bitcoin Tour for 2026, inviting visitors to experience circular economies where Bitcoin is earned, spent, and recirculated locally — not extracted through charity pipelines.
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