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NEW: 🔥 Btrust-backed DevFest Kaduna Bitcoin Build-a-thon kicks ...

2026-10-29T16:14:21Z

NEW: 🔥 Btrust-backed DevFest Kaduna Bitcoin Build-a-thon kicks off with a massive turnout.

The DevFest Kaduna Bitcoin Build-a-thon kicked off today, Thursday 29 October, and developers are now racing to finish their projects before submissions close at 8 PM tonight.🚀

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/devfest-kaduna-bitcoin-build-a-thon-kicks-off/

NEW: 🚀Block has launched “Bitcoin Does,” its first major ...

2026-10-28T14:55:28Z

NEW: 🚀Block has launched “Bitcoin Does,” its first major national advertising campaign for Bitcoin.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/block-bitcoin-does-ad-campaign-merchant-adoption-october-2026/

NEW: 🚨 Sovereign Stack Hackathon Kicks Off As Satoshi Sister ...

2026-10-27T12:15:41Z

NEW: 🚨 Sovereign Stack Hackathon Kicks Off As Satoshi Sister Circle Empowers African Women Bitcoin Builders.

The Satoshi Sister Circle launched its first Sovereign Stack Hackathon on October 20, 2026, bringing African women together to build practical Bitcoin solutions, strengthen developer skills, and contribute to open source.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/sovereign-stack-hackathon-kicks-off-satoshi-sister-circle-empowers-african-women-bitcoin-builders/

🇨🇩 BitDevs Goma: une rencontre consacrée aux paiements ...

2026-10-27T12:06:23Z

🇨🇩 BitDevs Goma: une rencontre consacrée aux paiements Lightning prévue le 30 octobre.

Cette session permettra aux participants de mieux comprendre le rôle de Lightning dans les paiements en Bitcoin.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitdevs-goma-une-rencontre-consacree-aux-paiements-lightning-prevue-le-30-octobre/

NEW: 🔥 A new Bitcoin internship in Africa has started at ...

2026-10-26T11:08:55Z

NEW: 🔥 A new Bitcoin internship in Africa has started at What’s Haute with Halima (WHWH), a Bitcoin focused media and education project founded by Halima Abba.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-internship-in-africa/

NEW: 🔥Machankura has announced Bennu, an experimental ...

2026-10-26T10:48:02Z

NEW: 🔥Machankura has announced Bennu, an experimental open-source wallet where the group chat is the wallet.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bennu-bitcoin-wallet-machankuras-new-group-wallet-lives-inside-an-encrypted-chat/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Rust for Bitcoin 2.0 Concludes with 22 Merged Pull ...

2026-10-24T07:26:31Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 Rust for Bitcoin 2.0 Concludes with 22 Merged Pull Requests and Successful Demo Day.

The program, hosted by TheBuidl in Kaduna, Nigeria, in collaboration with Btrust, focused on turning intermediate developers into active contributors to Bitcoin’s open-source ecosystem.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/rust-for-bitcoin-2-0-concludes-with-22-merged-pull-requests-and-successful-demo-day/

NEW: 🚨 In late October 2026, a rapid cluster of high-severity ...

2026-10-23T13:04:35Z

NEW: 🚨 In late October 2026, a rapid cluster of high-severity cybersecurity disclosures and incidents earned the nickname “Black October”.

Security researchers and platforms reported elevated scanning and automated exploitation attempts, with AI tools.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/blackphp2shell-and-bitcoin-what-black-october-means-for-your-coins/

NEW: 🔗African Bitcoin builders unite SeD, ABSL and Pontmore. ...

2026-10-23T12:56:40Z

NEW: 🔗African Bitcoin builders unite SeD, ABSL and Pontmore.

In a proposal on the Open Bitcoin Africa forum, the builders behind SeD, ABSL and Pontmore agreed to focus their collaboration on Pontmore, an open protocol built on Nostr.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/pontmore-sed-absl-african-bitcoin-protocol/

🇨🇩 Conférence Bitcoin Afrique 2027: Kinshasa, c’est ...

2026-10-22T12:05:51Z

🇨🇩 Conférence Bitcoin Afrique 2027: Kinshasa, c’est officiel.

Après Douala en avril 2025 et Ouagadougou en avril 2026, la Conférence Bitcoin Afrique pose ses valises à Kinshasa, en République démocratique du Congo, pour l’édition 2027.

👉https://bitcoinnews.africa/conference-bitcoin-afrique-2027-kinshasa-cest-officiel/

NEW: 🇰🇪 The Core Kenya Kicks Off Cohort 12 of Free Online ...

2026-10-22T11:59:03Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 The Core Kenya Kicks Off Cohort 12 of Free Online Bitcoin Diploma Course.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/the-core-kenya-kicks-off-cohort-12-of-free-online-bitcoin-diploma-course/

NEW: Visa Is Making Digital Assets Spendable at 175 Million ...

2026-10-22T11:50:26Z

NEW: Visa Is Making Digital Assets Spendable at 175 Million Merchants.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/visa-mesh-crypto-payments-africa-bitcoin/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Kenyan Female Developer, Susan Githaiga Just Became ...

2026-10-21T12:43:35Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Kenyan Female Developer, Susan Githaiga Just Became the First African to Land Code in Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Firmware.

This October, the 256 Foundation extended Mujina’s funding through December 2026, naming Githaiga among five people who landed code during the term, most of them for the first time.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/susan-githaiga-first-african-contributor-mujina-bitcoin-mining-firmware-2026/

NEW: 🇳🇬 DevFest Kaduna and Btrust kick off 4-day virtual ...

2026-10-21T12:22:39Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 DevFest Kaduna and Btrust kick off 4-day virtual Bitcoin technical class.

DevFest Kaduna, organised by the GDG Kaduna community, adds a dedicated Bitcoin developer program, with Btrust as its Bitcoin track partner and premier sponsor.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-bitcoin-build-a-thon/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitbiashara’s 54th Coffee Hangout Reflects on ...

2026-10-20T12:12:50Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitbiashara’s 54th Coffee Hangout Reflects on Bitcoin’s Role in Building a Kenya Circular Economy.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitbiashara-54th-coffee-hangout-bitcoin-circular-economy-kenya/

NEW: 🌍 PoWBoT, the Telegram Bot that Checks Whether Bitcoin ...

2026-10-19T12:52:48Z

NEW: 🌍 PoWBoT, the Telegram Bot that Checks Whether Bitcoin Spending in Africa is Real.

A volunteer with no coding background built a tool that checks videos of Bitcoin payments at African shops, pays everyone involved in sats, and puts the results in public view.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/powbot-the-telegram-bot-that-checks-whether-bitcoin-spending-in-africa-is-real/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Kibera Women Build a Bitcoin Circular Economy in ...

2026-10-17T10:11:11Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Kibera Women Build a Bitcoin Circular Economy in Africa’s Largest Informal Settlement.

My First Bitcoin, the nonprofit focused on open-source Bitcoin education, recently shared the story in a new documentary, highlighting how education underpins the entire circular economy.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/kibera-women-build-a-bitcoin-circular-economy-in-africas-largest-informal-settlement/

NEW: 🇸🇳 Senegal Eyes Bitcoin Mining Pilot on Stranded ...

2026-10-17T10:07:13Z

NEW: 🇸🇳 Senegal Eyes Bitcoin Mining Pilot on Stranded Renewable Power Amid Debt Pressures and Rural Electrification Goals.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/senegal-eyes-bitcoin-mining-pilot-on-stranded-renewable-power-amid-debt-pressures-and-rural-electrification-goals/

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 7 Meet Josef Tětek, ...

2026-10-16T13:47:35Z

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 7

Meet Josef Tětek, Bitcoin educator, author of Bitcoin: Separation of Money and State, and Trezor Academy Lead.🇨🇿

Through Trezor’s Trezor Academy, Josef helps expand free, in-person Bitcoin education across Africa and the Global South.

The initiative supports local educators who understand their communities and can teach Bitcoin in a practical, relevant way.

The goal goes beyond explaining Bitcoin. It’s about helping people understand self-custody, save and transact with Bitcoin, and build communities where it can be used as everyday money.

In Episode 7, we discuss:
→ Josef’s journey into Bitcoin education and the ideas behind his book.

→ How Trezor Academy equips local educators to drive community-led adoption.

→ Why Bitcoin serves as both a savings tool and a means of payment across Africa.

→ How Bitcoin enables cross-border transfers when traditional financial channels fall short.

→ What it takes to build sustainable Bitcoin circular economies where people earn and spend sats locally.

→ The challenges of educating communities, building trust, and getting educational resources into local hands.

→ How many projects like Machankura and Tando are building around Africa’s mobile and payment realities.

→ The future of African Bitcoin businesses and Josef’s advice to the next generation of builders.

🚀 From local classrooms to circular economies, discover why Bitcoin adoption should be measured by real-world use.

🎥 Read the full article and watch Episode 7 of From the Founder’s Desk: https://bitcoinnews.africa/trezor-academy-josef-tetek-bitcoin-education-africa/

NEW: 🚨FSCA opens new market manipulation probe into Africa ...

2026-10-16T13:17:02Z

NEW: 🚨FSCA opens new market manipulation probe into Africa Bitcoin Corporation.

The regulator confirmed the probe on Wednesday, 14 October, 2026. It is examining whether certain trades in ABC securities during April and May 2026 broke section 80 of the Financial Markets Act.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/fsca-probe-africa-bitcoin-corporation/

NEW:🔥 Satoshi Sister Circle Announces Sovereign Stack ...

2026-10-15T12:10:00Z

NEW:🔥 Satoshi Sister Circle Announces Sovereign Stack Hackathon for African Women in Bitcoin.

The non-profit leadership network is bringing African women together to build practical Bitcoin solutions, strengthen their skills as developers, and contribute to open-source projects.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/satoshi-sister-circle-announces-sovereign-stack-hackathon-for-african-women-in-bitcoin/

NEW: 🏅Nominations Are Now Open for the Most Impactful African ...

2026-10-14T12:24:36Z

NEW: 🏅Nominations Are Now Open for the Most Impactful African Bitcoiners 2026, With Seven Nomination Categories.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/nominations-are-now-open-for-the-most-impactful-african-bitcoiners-2026/

NEW: 🚨 Coinbase urges the Bitcoin developer community to start ...

2026-10-14T12:18:05Z

NEW: 🚨 Coinbase urges the Bitcoin developer community to start preparing for quantum computers now, not later.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-quantum-computing-coinbase-african-developers/

NEW: 🇿🇲 First Bitcoin Educators Academy on African Soil ...

2026-10-13T13:08:40Z

NEW: 🇿🇲 First Bitcoin Educators Academy on African Soil Concludes in Lusaka, Zambia.

AmityAge has wrapped its first Bitcoin Educators Academy (BEA) on African soil, held in Lusaka, Zambia, this October 2–4, 2026.

The three-day “train-the-trainers” program certified a new cohort of local educators ready to teach Bitcoin in their communities.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/first-bitcoin-educators-academy-on-african-soil-concludes-in-lusaka-zambia/

🇧🇯 Ce samedi 17 octobre, Bitcoin Bénin invite la ...

2026-10-13T13:00:14Z

🇧🇯 Ce samedi 17 octobre, Bitcoin Bénin invite la communauté à explorer Nostr, Bitcoin et la communication décentralisée au Bitcoin Hub, Jericho.

En somme, un meetup pour comprendre comment parler, publier et zapper sans compte centralisé qui peut te bannir du jour au lendemain.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/et-si-on-communiquait-sans-dependre-des-grandes-plateformes/

NEW: 🚨 In a major governance blow to South Africa’s first ...

2026-10-12T11:32:41Z

NEW: 🚨 In a major governance blow to South Africa’s first JSE-listed Bitcoin treasury company, four directors of Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC) have resigned simultaneously following an aggressive push by a majority shareholder group to force them out.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/board-crisis-at-africa-bitcoin-corp-four-directors-resign-following-shareholder-showdown/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Hack4Freedom Nairobi 2026 Ends as African Women ...

2026-10-10T09:25:01Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Hack4Freedom Nairobi 2026 Ends as African Women Builders Shine in Bitcoin and Freedom Tech.

The two-week Hack4Freedom Nairobi 2026 concluded with Demo Day, where women developers from Kenya presented open-source prototypes built with Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, and eCash.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/hack4freedom-nairobi-2026-ends-anza-takes-1st-place-as-african-women-builders-shine-in-bitcoin-and-freedom-tech/

🇿🇲 En Zambie, une initiave éducative Bitcoin intègre le ...

2026-10-10T09:21:53Z

🇿🇲 En Zambie, une initiave éducative Bitcoin intègre le My First Bitcoin Education Network.

Sats and Stories Club vient de rejoindre le réseau My First Bitcoin Education Network, avec une ambition qui associe éducation financière et lecture auprès des enfants.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/en-zambie-une-initiave-educative-bitcoin-integre-le-my-first-bitcoin-education-network/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitcoin Githurai Opens a Physical Education Hub in ...

2026-10-09T14:27:55Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitcoin Githurai Opens a Physical Education Hub in Nairobi After Building a 16-Merchant Circular Economy Online.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-githurai-physical-education-hub-nairobi-the-core-october-2026/

NEW: 🇿🇦 The Surfer Kids Sharks closed a busy month on the ...

2026-10-08T13:04:50Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 The Surfer Kids Sharks closed a busy month on the road with their strongest finish yet at the Sea Harvest South African Junior Championships.

Five members of the Mossel Bay-based non-profit made the Eden Surf Riders team for the national event in Jeffreys Bay.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/surfer-kids-record-best-finish-at-2026-south-african-junior-championships/

NEW: 🇰🇪 After roughly a week of disrupted M-Pesa and Airtel ...

2026-10-08T12:57:56Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 After roughly a week of disrupted M-Pesa and Airtel prompts, the non-custodial on-ramp platform Bitika, is open again.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitika-is-back-online-does-the-pause-still-speak/

🇧🇮 BitDevs Gitega #16: le séminaire socratique revient. ...

2026-10-08T12:48:24Z

🇧🇮 BitDevs Gitega #16: le séminaire socratique revient.

Bitcoiners, développeurs et builders open-source sont invités pour une soirée de discussions techniques, de partage et de construction collective à l’American Corner Gitega.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitdevs-gitega-16-le-seminaire-socratique-revient/

NEW: 🚨 What the African Bitcoin Directory Pruning Means for ...

2026-10-07T13:57:17Z

NEW: 🚨 What the African Bitcoin Directory Pruning Means for the Ecosystem.

In a fast-moving space, directory bloat is a silent killer of trust. Retaining dead links, defunct meetups, or projects that have abandoned their core mission creates a false impression of momentum.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/curation-over-raw-numbers-what-the-african-bitcoin-directory-pruning-means-for-the-ecosystem/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Builder Hub to Kick Off October Health Week ...

2026-10-06T11:34:29Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Builder Hub to Kick Off October Health Week with a Fitness Run in Kaduna Nigeria.

TheBuidl, a Kaduna hub that trains African developers on Bitcoin and open-source tools will open Health Week with a community fitness run on Saturday, October 10.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-builder-hub-to-kick-off-october-health-week-with-a-fitness-run-in-kaduna-nigeria/

🇧🇯 À Cotonou, Hope With Bitcoin offre plus 60 repas à des ...

2026-10-06T11:26:06Z

🇧🇯 À Cotonou, Hope With Bitcoin offre plus 60 repas à des enfants.

Le dimanche 4 octobre 2026, l’équipe derrière Hope With Bitcoin s’est retrouvée à Cotonou précisement dans le restaurant “Le retour de babie” pour mener une nouvelle action humanitaire.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/a-cotonou-hope-with-bitcoin-offre-plus-60-repas-a-des-enfants/

NEW: 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Absa Group has become the first ...

2026-10-05T12:54:16Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Absa Group has become the first bank on the African continent to offer Bitcoin custody.

The service is currently available only to institutional clients in South Africa. Specifically, that includes asset managers, corporates, and non-bank financial institutions.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/absa-first-african-bank-bitcoin-custody/

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 6 🇿🇦 Kgothatso ...

2026-10-03T09:24:23Z

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 6

🇿🇦 Kgothatso Ngako is building Bitcoin for people often left out by technology.

From creating Machankura, which enables Bitcoin and Lightning payments through USSD, to building Exonumia to make Bitcoin literature accessible in African languages, his work tackles two practical barriers: access and language.

In Episode 6, we sit down with Kgothatso to discuss:
→ His journey from exploring crypto to building with Bitcoin.
→ How Machankura brings Bitcoin to feature phones.
→ Making Bitcoin education accessible in African languages.
→ The realities of building and maintaining Bitcoin infrastructure.
→ Self-custody, security and everyday Bitcoin use.
→ Why African founders must build for local realities.
→ His advice to the next generation of African builders.

🎥 Read the full article and watch Episode 6 of From the Founder’s Desk to hear how Kgothatso is making Bitcoin more accessible across Africa.

🔗 Read and Watch: https://bitcoinnews.africa/africas-offline-bitcoin-builder-kgothatso-ngako-on-making-bitcoin-work/

NEW: 🇰🇪 The Core’s Meetup 14 brings Bitcoin to Murang’a ...

2026-10-01T12:56:27Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 The Core’s Meetup 14 brings Bitcoin to Murang’a county.

Over 100 students joined Bitcoin-focused sessions as The Core held its 14th monthly meetup in Murang’a County. This marked the Nairobi-based community’s first meetup in Murang’a and its second-to-last in-person gathering of the year.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/the-core-meetup-14-massive-success-muranga/

🔥Clôture de la Cohorte 2 de l’Académie Bitcoin Afrique! ...

2026-10-01T12:46:55Z

🔥Clôture de la Cohorte 2 de l’Académie Bitcoin Afrique!

Bitcoineurs Africains invite la communauté Africaine Francophone au Graduation X Space & Closing Panel II avec deux géantes voix de l’écosystème.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/cloture-de-la-cohorte-2-de-lacademie-bitcoin-afrique/

NEW: 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Proposed Rules Would Ban Buying ...

2026-09-30T14:09:38Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Proposed Rules Would Ban Buying Bread With Bitcoin. MoneyBadger Urges Policymakers to Rethink.

MoneyBadger, alongside a growing number of South African Bitcoin users, builders, and industry voices, is asking policymakers for four specific changes.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/south-africa-proposed-rules-ban-bitcoin-private-wallet-moneybadger-rethink-2026/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Hack4Freedom Nairobi 2026 Kicks Off as Women ...

2026-09-29T12:56:07Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Hack4Freedom Nairobi 2026 Kicks Off as Women Developers Begin Bitcoin and Freedom Tech Bootcamp.

The Nairobi edition runs from 22 September to 5 October 2026. Participants will study Bitcoin, Lightning, open-source development and related freedom-tech tools.

Read more: https://bitcoinnews.africa/hack4freedom-nairobi-2026-dada-devs-day/

🇲🇼 Bitcoin Boma lance sa 04e cohorte de Bitcoin Diploma. ...

2026-09-29T12:49:37Z

🇲🇼 Bitcoin Boma lance sa 04e cohorte de Bitcoin Diploma.

Après plusieurs initiatives consacrées à l’éducation autour de Bitcoin, Bitcoin Boma poursuit sa mission avec le lancement de la quatrième cohorte de son programme Bitcoin Diploma en collaboration avec My First Bitcoin.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-boma-lance-sa-04e-cohorte-de-bitcoin-diploma/

NEW: 🔥GLOBAL BITCOIN CIRCULAR ECONOMIES SUMMIT 2026 This ...

2026-09-26T10:31:17Z

NEW: 🔥GLOBAL BITCOIN CIRCULAR ECONOMIES SUMMIT 2026

This year’s edition is the first public conference in the beach town where Bitcoin Beach began. Earlier summits were small, invite-only working meetings.

The November event opens that room, with limited seats, to merchants, educators, and community builders who treat Bitcoin as everyday money.🚀

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/global-bitcoin-circular-economies-summit-2026/

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2026-09-24T11:29:52Z

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NEW: 🏦 Btrust Awards Q3 2026 Bitcoin Developer Grants to 10 ...

2026-09-24T11:24:10Z

NEW: 🏦 Btrust Awards Q3 2026 Bitcoin Developer Grants to 10 Open-Source Contributors Across Africa and Global South.

Ten engineers will receive support this quarter: five through starter grants and five through long-term open-source cohort grants. For the first time, Btrust developer grants are going directly to contributors outside Africa.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-awards-q3-2026-bitcoin-developer-grants-to-10-open-source-contributors-across-africa-and-global-south/

🇸🇳 Dakar Bitcoin Days 4: nouvelles dates – 27 et 28 ...

2026-09-24T11:18:18Z

🇸🇳 Dakar Bitcoin Days 4: nouvelles dates – 27 et 28 novembre 2026.

La 4ᵉ édition des Dakar Bitcoin Days, forum tourné vers les innovations technologiques, se tiendra désormais les 27 et 28 novembre 2026, à SEANEMA, Sea Plaza, Dakar.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/dakar-bitcoin-days-4-nouvelles-dates-27-et-28-novembre-2026/

NEW: 🇧🇮 BTC Shule, the Burundian Bitcoin community founded ...

2026-09-23T15:49:03Z

NEW: 🇧🇮 BTC Shule, the Burundian Bitcoin community founded by social entrepreneur Belyï Nobel Kubwayo, has announced the Nakamoto Hope Center in Winteko village.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btc-shule-nakamoto-hope-center-winteko-burundi-bitcoin-hub-september-2026/

NEW: 🚨 Hodl Hodl has warned Bitcoin traders about phishing ...

2026-09-22T11:03:31Z

NEW: 🚨 Hodl Hodl has warned Bitcoin traders about phishing emails that impersonate the platform and promote a fake Windows desktop app.

The company stated it does not have a desktop app and does not send emails asking users to download software or log in through a link.

Anyone who already clicked a link or entered login details should change their Hodl Hodl password and any reused passwords immediately.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/hodl-hodl-warns-users-of-fake-desktop-app-phishing-emails/

🇸🇳 Bitcoin, IA, CuberSec: Dakar Bitcoin Days abordera les ...

2026-09-22T10:53:49Z

🇸🇳 Bitcoin, IA, CuberSec: Dakar Bitcoin Days abordera les trois en live.

C’est exactement le pari du prochain live Dakar Bitcoin Days – Édition 4: un forum tourné vers les innovations technologiques, avec Mouhamadou Kouta et Sébastien Ramos en direct.

👉https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-ia-cubersec-dakar-bitcoin-days-abordera-les-trois-en-live/

NEW: 🚨 Sparrow Wallet 2.5.5 Released After Security Reviews. ...

2026-09-19T10:06:24Z

NEW: 🚨 Sparrow Wallet 2.5.5 Released After Security Reviews.

The project said the update includes bug fixes after recent security reviews and a new System theme that follows the operating system’s light or dark setting.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/sparrow-wallet-2-5-5-security-fixes-system-theme/

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 5 Okin Nikolai ...

2026-09-18T16:34:47Z

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 5

Okin Nikolai Tjongarero discovered Bitcoin by trying to solve real problems.🇳🇦🇳🇦

From getting paid for his podcast and sending money across borders to building EasySats, helping merchants accept Bitcoin, organising practical Bitcoin experiences and exploring mining in Namibia through Bitcoin Mining Namibia.

Okin’s journey has been shaped by one question: How can Bitcoin become useful in everyday life?

In Episode 5, we sit down with Okin to talk about:
→ His journey into Bitcoin.
→ Building EasySats in Namibia.
→ Why people learn better by using Bitcoin.
→ Merchant adoption and real-world payments.
→ The realities of Bitcoin mining in Namibia.
→ Why African Bitcoin projects must be built around local realities.
→ Lessons from an early attempt to build a circular economy.
→ His advice to African founders and builders.

Read the full article and Watch Episode 5 of From The Founder’s Desk Series and hear Okin’s story of building Bitcoin infrastructure from the ground up in Namibia.

🎥 Read and Watch now: https://bitcoinnews.africa/easysats-okin-tjongarero-bitcoin-namibia-merchant-education-mining/

#Bitcoin #BitcoinAfrica #Namibia #EasySats #TheFoundersDesk

🇨🇩 A Goma, un ATM permet désormais d’accéder plus ...

2026-09-18T11:42:27Z

🇨🇩 A Goma, un ATM permet désormais d’accéder plus facilement au Bitcoin.

À Goma, l’accès au Bitcoin devient plus simple grâce à la mise à disposition d’un ATM dédié à Bitcoin. Pour les personnes qui souhaitent découvrir ou utiliser Bitcoin.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/a-goma-un-atm-permet-desormais-dacceder-plus-facilement-au-bitcoin/

NEW: 🇲🇺 Trezor Academy Completes Bitcoin Education Program ...

2026-09-17T11:29:24Z

NEW: 🇲🇺 Trezor Academy Completes Bitcoin Education Program for Young People in Mauritius.

The free, in-person series ran in August 2026 and was designed to accelerate Bitcoin adoption through local education and hands-on training.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/trezor-academy-completes-bitcoin-education-program-for-young-people-in-mauritius/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Nigerian Startup Terrahex Secures First Bitcoin ...

2026-09-16T12:33:01Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 Nigerian Startup Terrahex Secures First Bitcoin Mining Fleet for 9MW Facility in Southern Nigeria.

The equipment forms the initial fleet for the company’s first 9MW Bitcoin mining node in southern Nigeria, which will host approximately 2,400 miners across six containerised units targeting a December 2026 go-live.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/terrahex-bitcoin-mining-fleet-9mw-nigeria-december-2026/

NEW: 🚨 HakiFedha Launches Lipa, an Open Directory for Spending ...

2026-09-15T11:13:17Z

NEW: 🚨 HakiFedha Launches Lipa, an Open Directory for Spending Bitcoin Across Africa.

The site is an open, living directory of tools that help people across Sub-Saharan Africa spend Bitcoin or convert it into local payment systems.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/hakifedha-launches-lipa-an-open-directory-for-spending-bitcoin-across-africa/

NEW: 🇪🇹 Ethiopia Cuts Power to Bitcoin Miners Amid Hydro ...

2026-09-15T11:07:55Z

NEW: 🇪🇹 Ethiopia Cuts Power to Bitcoin Miners Amid Hydro Shortfall.

Ethiopia has sharply reduced electricity available to data-mining operations, including the country’s growing Bitcoin mining sector, as lower water inflows put pressure on hydropower generation.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/ethiopia-bitcoin-mining-power-cuts/

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🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 4 What happens when ...

2026-09-12T11:08:14Z

🎙️ FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK | EPISODE 4

What happens when Bitcoin is built around real community needs?

In Episode 4, we sit down with Ronnie Mdawida, Founder of AfriBit Kibera. 🇰🇪

We explore how AfriBit Kibera is building a Bitcoin circular economy in Kibera, Nairobi.

We discuss:
🔸 Ronnie’s Bitcoin journey: How he discovered Bitcoin in 2019. And how it changed his view of money.

♻️ Building around community needs: Waste management. Youth opportunities. Local businesses. Savings.

🔸 Bitcoin and Lightning: How Lightning helps make small payments easier and more practical.

🤝 Building trust: Why trust matters as much as technology when building in a community.

🔸 Bitcoin education: How AfriBit Kibera uses incentivized learning to help people understand Bitcoin.

🔐 Self-custody and security: From self-custody to group custody and multisignature wallets.

🔸 What people do with their sats: Community members are saving, starting businesses and building better lives.

🔸 Community-led education: Participants are becoming educators and teaching others.

🚀 What comes next: We discuss the future of AfriBit Kibera and the challenge of scaling the model.

Ronnie’s approach is simple: “Build something useful enough that even someone who does not care about Bitcoin would still value it.”

Bitcoin is not the activity. The economic activity comes first. Bitcoin provides the infrastructure.

Read the full feature below. 👇
https://bitcoinnews.africa/how-afribit-kibera-is-building-a-bitcoin-circular-economy/

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NEW: Btrust Builders Graduates 87 Developers Across Four Pathways ...

2026-09-11T15:40:01Z

NEW: Btrust Builders Graduates 87 Developers Across Four Pathways in Q2 and Q3 2026.

Between May and July 2026, the program ran four simultaneous pathways: Rust for Bitcoiners, Language Clubs, Mastering Bitcoin, and Learn Bitcoin from the Command Line.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-builders-graduates-87-developers-across-four-pathways-in-q2-and-q3-2026/

🔥 Bitcoin Educators Academy (BEA) poursuit sa mission de ...

2026-09-11T11:03:13Z

🔥 Bitcoin Educators Academy (BEA) poursuit sa mission de renforcer l’éducation autour de Bitcoin à travers le monde.

À travers ses prochaines formations, BEA souhaite ainsi accompagner de nouveaux éducateurs dans trois contextes différents: la Zambie, le Nigeria et le Liban.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-educators-academy-bea-prepare-trois-nouvelles-formations-en-zambie-au-nigeria-et-au-liban/

🇰🇪 BitDevs Kisumu: le « newest kid » lance son premier ...

2026-09-10T12:04:16Z

🇰🇪 BitDevs Kisumu: le « newest kid » lance son premier séminaire.

Après des mois de préparation, BitDevs Kisumu est officiellement dans la place. Le samedi 12 septembre 2026, la communauté tient son Socratic Seminar #1 à LakeHub, avec un slogan clair: Talk Bitcoin. Build Together.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitdevs-kisumu-le-newest-kid-lance-son-premier-seminaire/

NEW: Exonumia Africa has introduced Mantra, an end-to-end ...

2026-09-10T10:38:53Z

NEW: Exonumia Africa has introduced Mantra, an end-to-end encrypted and decentralized translation management tool.

The project announced the alpha on 9 September 2026 and pointed users to mantra.press. Exonumia said it built the software after years of coordinating open-source translations in more than 21 languages on exonumia.africa.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/exonumia-africa-launches-mantra-an-encrypted-tool-for-bitcoin-translation-teams/

NEW: 🇿🇦 CATASTROPHE Coalition Challenges South Africa’s ...

2026-09-10T10:32:47Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 CATASTROPHE Coalition Challenges South Africa’s Proposed Digital Asset Rules.

A new coalition has launched a campaign against proposed South African regulations that could affect Bitcoin self-custody and cross-border digital asset transactions.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/catastrophe-coalition-south-africa-bitcoin-regulation/

NEW: 🚨 The Liquid Network’s response to last week’s ...

2026-09-09T13:38:46Z

NEW: 🚨 The Liquid Network’s response to last week’s exploit is moving in the right direction.

As of September 8, 2026, the network has recovered 3,400 BTC of the approximately 4,000 BTC drained in a September 6 exploit.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/liquid-network-recovery-3400-btc-exploit-2026/

NEW: 🇿🇦 Tickets Now On Sale for @nprofile…vrpg 2027. The ...

2026-09-09T13:33:44Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 Tickets Now On Sale for AdoptingBitcoinCapeTown (nprofile…vrpg) 2027. The event returns with a strong focus on practical Bitcoin adoption, community initiatives, open-source tools, and real-world use cases.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/adopting-bitcoin-cape-town-2027-tickets/

🔥 426 grants OpenSats: les petits projets FOSS peuvent ...

2026-09-08T12:15:22Z

🔥 426 grants OpenSats: les petits projets FOSS peuvent postuler.

OpenSats affiche un bilan net: 36 688 950 $ alloués à des projets libres et open-source, 41,9 milliards de sats envoyés à 426 grantees dans plus de 40 pays.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/426-grants-opensats-les-petits-projets-foss-peuvent-postuler/

NEW: 🔥 Satoshi Sister Circle Kicks Off Career Accelerator ...

2026-09-08T12:08:39Z

NEW: 🔥 Satoshi Sister Circle Kicks Off Career Accelerator Cohort 3.

Satoshi Sister Circle has begun Cohort 3 of its Career Accelerator Program, expanding a Bitcoin career pipeline for women across six African countries.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/satoshi-sister-circle-kicks-off-career-accelerator-cohort-3/

NEW: 🇳🇬 BitDevs Ibadan Holds First Meetup on Bitcoin ...

2026-09-05T09:07:02Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 BitDevs Ibadan Holds First Meetup on Bitcoin Transactions and Fountain Codes.

Ibadan now has a BitDevs chapter. The group held its first session on Saturday, August 29, 2026, and later published a recap of the three technical segments.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitdevs-ibadan-holds-first-meetup-on-bitcoin-transactions-and-fountain-codes/

NEW: 🔥 HRF Funds Three African Bitcoin Projects in Latest ...

2026-09-04T13:16:26Z

NEW: 🔥 HRF Funds Three African Bitcoin Projects in Latest Grant Round, Bringing Cumulative Total to $12.2 Million Across 383 Projects.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/hrf-bitcoin-development-fund-august-2026-africa-bitspenda-bitzed-netblocks/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Hack4Freedom and Dada Devs Are Bringing a Bitcoin ...

2026-09-04T13:12:38Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Hack4Freedom and Dada Devs Are Bringing a Bitcoin and Freedom Tech Bootcamp to Nairobi for Women Developers.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/hack4freedom-dada-devs-bitcoin-bootcamp-nairobi-2026/

NEW: 🇿🇦 Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2027 Opens Call for ...

2026-09-03T12:23:36Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2027 Opens Call for Speakers.

Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town is looking for new voices for its 2027 conference. The Bitcoin-only event returns to Cape Town on 26 and 27 February 2027.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/adopting-bitcoin-cape-town-2027-opens-call-for-speakers/

NEW: 🔗 TheBuidl Partners with Pullosdev for Rust for Bitcoin ...

2026-09-03T12:16:49Z

NEW: 🔗 TheBuidl Partners with Pullosdev for Rust for Bitcoin Students.

TheBuidl has partnered with Pullosdev to create a clear bridge for students in its Rust for Bitcoin programme. The collaboration moves participants from learning into active open-source contribution within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/thebuidl-pullosdev-rust-for-bitcoin-partnership/

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitcoin in Africa Is Building Hubs and Routes for ...

2026-09-03T12:12:48Z

NEW: 🇰🇪 Bitcoin in Africa Is Building Hubs and Routes for Its Community.

Dada Hub, the women only Bitcoin building space in Nairobi, has also been expanding. It is growing how Dadas stay connected to the wider community.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-community-africa-tour-hub/

🇲🇼 Blantyre accueille le Bitcoin Education & ...

2026-09-03T12:08:49Z

🇲🇼 Blantyre accueille le Bitcoin Education & Development Program.

Du 7 au 9 septembre, Bitcoin Boma et Trezor Academy, en partenariat avec l’University of Blantyre Synod, ouvrent un programme d’éducation Bitcoin pour les jeunes curieux de finance, tech et développement.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/blantyre-accueille-le-bitcoin-education-development-program/

NEW: 🚨 South Africa’s Bitcoin Ekasi, in collaboration with ...

2026-09-02T14:42:59Z

NEW: 🚨 South Africa’s Bitcoin Ekasi, in collaboration with Gorilla Sats from Uganda, leads a 13-day expedition across four countries; Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and South Africa while visiting their circular economies and spedn sats.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/13-day-bitcoin-safari-the-pan-african-bitcoin-tour/

NEW: 🚨 Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Debarred by FSCA. ...

2026-09-02T14:38:55Z

NEW: 🚨 Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Debarred by FSCA. Stafford Masie Steps In as Interim CEO.

Africa Bitcoin Corporation (JSE: BAC) faces a major leadership change. On September 2, 2026, South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) debarred three people connected to the company.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/africa-bitcoin-corporation-fsca-debarment-stafford-masie/

NEW: 🔥 Bitcoin’s First Quantum-Safe Transaction Has Been ...

2026-09-02T13:33:56Z

NEW: 🔥 Bitcoin’s First Quantum-Safe Transaction Has Been Confirmed on Mainnet.

On August 26, 2026, a 10,000 satoshi output moved through Bitcoin’s mainnet in block 964,199 using a method that no quantum computer, no matter how powerful, could reverse.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-first-quantum-safe-transaction-mainnet-starkware-august-2026/

NEW: ⚡️ Dada Devs Cohort 5 Completes 8-Week Mastering Bitcoin ...

2026-09-01T15:08:44Z

NEW: ⚡️ Dada Devs Cohort 5 Completes 8-Week Mastering Bitcoin Program.

Africa’s women-focused Bitcoin developer initiative Dada Devs has closed its eight-week Mastering Bitcoin Cohort 5 with a final session that moved beyond protocol knowledge and into career readiness.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/dada-devs-cohort-5-mastering-bitcoin-finale/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Developer Track Heads to DevFest Kaduna ...

2026-09-01T14:11:08Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Developer Track Heads to DevFest Kaduna 2026.

GDG Kaduna City has announced a dedicated Bitcoin Developer Track at DevFest Kaduna 2026. The track is sponsored by Btrust and marks a clear step toward open-source Bitcoin education in northern Nigeria.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-developer-track-devfest-kaduna-2026/

🇿🇲 BitJR Academy: en Zambie, Bitcoin s’apprend dès 6 ...

2026-09-01T14:06:55Z

🇿🇲 BitJR Academy: en Zambie, Bitcoin s’apprend dès 6 ans.

BitJR Academy and Space est une initiative non-profit à Livingstone, Zambie: éduquer les 6–17 ans au Bitcoin et construire une économie circulaire pensée pour les enfants.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitjr-academy-en-zambie-bitcoin-sapprend-des-6-ans/

🔥Plus de 500 millions de sats: 04 projets africains ...

2026-09-01T13:58:44Z

🔥Plus de 500 millions de sats: 04 projets africains bénéficient du soutien de la HRF.

La Human Rights Foundation (HRF) vient d’annoncer une nouvelle vague de financements de son Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF).

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/plus-de-500-millions-de-sats-04-projets-africains-beneficient-du-soutien-de-la-hrf

NEW: 🇷🇼🇹🇿 Africa Free Routing Wraps Lightning ...

2026-08-31T15:31:22Z

NEW: 🇷🇼🇹🇿 Africa Free Routing Wraps Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Rwanda, Next Stop Dar es Salaam.

nprofile1qqsfrhzkwjd75qmakyktt094juryeuuedu9u3dz82f5shansr9us4ugrany4e's Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Kigali, Rwanda wrapped up this week. Five days of learning, building, and hands-on work with Bitcoin and Lightning came to a close.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/kigali-bootcamp-dar-es-salaam-africa-free-routing/

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Diploma Graduations Put Nigeria On The Map. ...

2026-08-31T15:24:29Z

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Diploma Graduations Put Nigeria On The Map.

Bitcoin communities in several countries recently graduated new classes of students, teaching ordinary people what money is, how it loses value over time, and how Bitcoin works as an alternative.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-diploma-graduations-nigeria/

🚨BIP 353: Bitcoin Finally Has Human-Readable Payment ...

2026-08-29T09:07:21Z

🚨BIP 353: Bitcoin Finally Has Human-Readable Payment Addresses.

BIP 353 defines human-readable Bitcoin payment instructions that live in DNS. A recipient publishes a DNS TXT record at a specific subdomain that contains a BIP 21 URI.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bip-353-bitcoin-human-readable-payment-address-africa/

🇲🇺 Bitdevs Mauritius revient ce 29 Août avec son 09 ...

2026-08-28T09:32:35Z

🇲🇺 Bitdevs Mauritius revient ce 29 Août avec son 09 séminaire socratique consacré à BIP-110, à la gouvernance et à Lightning.

Le 29 août prochain, BitDevs Mauritius réunira une nouvelle fois la communauté Bitcoin pour son 09e séminaire socratique.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitdevs-mauritius-revient-ce-29-aout-avec-son-09-seminaire-socratique-consacre-a-bip-110-a-la-gouvernance-et-a-lightning/

🇧🇯 BitDevs Cotonou #018: le mystère derrière une ...

2026-08-27T13:51:21Z

🇧🇯 BitDevs Cotonou #018: le mystère derrière une transaction Bitcoin.

Vous utilisez Bitcoin mais savez-vous ce qui se passe derrière une transaction? Ce samedi 29 août, le séminaire socratique 018 de BitDevs Cotonou plonge dans Bitcoin Script, multisig, timelocks et transactions complexes.

👉https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitdevs-cotonou-018-le-mystere-derriere-une-transaction-bitcoin/

NEW: ⚡️Africa Free Routing’s 2026 in Numbers, Stories, and ...

2026-08-26T14:32:18Z

NEW: ⚡️Africa Free Routing’s 2026 in Numbers, Stories, and What Comes Next.

Africa Free Routing has published its 2026 mid-year update, and the numbers tell only part of the story. Specifically, the organisation has spent the past eight months running Bitcoin Lightning initiatives across the continent.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/africa-free-routing-2026-lightning-bootcamp-proof-of-work/

🇧🇯 Bitcoin Bénin Knowledge Hub: apprendre et construire ...

2026-08-25T07:04:01Z

🇧🇯 Bitcoin Bénin Knowledge Hub: apprendre et construire sur Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Bénin franchit une nouvelle étape dans le développement de sa communauté. Après avoir organisé pendant plusieurs années des rencontres, des ateliers et des événements autour de Bitcoin.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-benin-knowledge-hub-apprendre-et-construire-sur-bitcoin/

NEW: 🇿🇦 WhatsApp Bitcoin Off-Ramp MYPADI AI Reports Over R2 ...

2026-08-22T09:36:51Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 WhatsApp Bitcoin Off-Ramp MYPADI AI Reports Over R2 Million in Settlements.

MYPADI AI says it has processed more than R2 million in secure South African rand settlements through its WhatsApp-based Bitcoin off-ramp. The company shared the milestone in on Thursday, 20 August.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/mypadi-ai-whatsapp-bitcoin-off-ramp-rand-settlements/

NEW:⚡️Btrust Builders Announces 2026 Open-Source Fellowship ...

2026-08-20T09:11:52Z

NEW:⚡️Btrust Builders Announces 2026 Open-Source Fellowship for Bitcoin and Lightning Developers.

The selective 12-week, part-time program runs from August 24 to November 13, 2026, with a formal kick-off on Monday, August 24.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-builders-2026-open-source-fellowship-bitcoin-developers/

NEW: 🔐 BitBox Patches Two Severe Firmware Vulnerabilities ...

2026-08-19T14:14:50Z

NEW: 🔐 BitBox Patches Two Severe Firmware Vulnerabilities Before Any Funds Were Stolen.

BitBox released firmware version 9.26.5, the Dixence update, on August 17, 2026, patching two vulnerabilities the company described as severe.

The first affected Multi editions of the BitBox02 and BitBox02 Nova when a device had not yet been configured with a wallet.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitbox-firmware-update-severe-vulnerabilities-hardware-wallet-august-2026/

📰 Africa Bitcoin News is taking the next step toward building ...

2026-08-18T14:50:33Z

📰 Africa Bitcoin News is taking the next step toward building a distributed network of Bitcoin journalists across Africa.

👇Today, we welcome our first three founding contributors to the Africa Bitcoin News Contributors Program:

1. Blessing Amala Muonwe 🇳🇬 — A Nigerian technical writer with strengths in research, fact-checking, international affairs, and breaking down complex Bitcoin topics clearly.

🔗LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blessingmuonwe

2. Geoffroy Acakpo (npub1qudj2serjcad0vdh9xgacztxtzklrgqh7nh887h36us0cx4dzues6jucgn) 🇧🇯 — A Bitcoin educator and content creator with Bitcoin Benin, bringing strong ecosystem knowledge and French-language capabilities to our coverage of Francophone Africa.

🔗X: https://x.com/iamgeoffroy

3. Ian Almasa (Cosmic) 🇰🇪 — A Bitcoin educator, community builder, and digital creator in Kenya, with experience in writing, video, and community-focused storytelling.

🔗More: https://tr.ee/ROUTeFRTN2

Together, these contributors bring complementary strengths in research, writing, education, community reporting, and multimedia storytelling.

This marks another step toward our goal of building a distributed, diverse, and locally informed network of Bitcoin journalists across Africa.

🚀We are just getting started.

Stay tuned as we continue to grow our contributor network and bring more stories and perspectives from across the continent to our readers. 🌍📰

NEW: 🚨African and Global South Communities Drive Bitcoin ...

2026-08-18T11:26:21Z

NEW: 🚨African and Global South Communities Drive Bitcoin Diploma Graduations Through Open-Source Education.

Across Africa and the broader Global South, five independent communities graduated cohorts of the free Bitcoin Diploma in early to mid-August 2026. Three of the programs are based in Africa, Kenya, South Africa, and Malawi. 🇰🇪🇿🇦🇲🇼

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/african-and-global-south-communities-drive-bitcoin-diploma-graduations-through-open-source-education/

NEW: 🏦 Africa Bitcoin Corporation Aquis Listing Delayed Due to ...

2026-08-18T11:19:30Z

NEW: 🏦 Africa Bitcoin Corporation Aquis Listing Delayed Due to Technical Matter.

The Africa Bitcoin Corporation Aquis listing will not go ahead this month as planned. The company announced the delay on 14 August 2026.🛑

Trading was due to start on 17 August. It would have run on the Access segment of the UK’s Aquis Growth Market, alongside a placing of roughly £250,000.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/africa-bitcoin-corporation-aquis-listing-delayed/

🚨BitLance: un gig à faire? Inscris-toi et fais-toi payer en ...

2026-08-15T14:16:34Z

🚨BitLance: un gig à faire? Inscris-toi et fais-toi payer en Bitcoin.

Concrètement, BitLance se présente comme une plateforme freelance Bitcoin-native: clients et talents du monde entier, sans dépendre d’une banque locale ni d’un compte Upwork en dollars.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitlance-un-gig-a-faire-inscris-toi-et-fais-toi-payer-en-bitcoin/

NEW: 🔐BTCPay Server Releases V2.4.3-RC4 Security Update. On ...

2026-08-15T10:47:28Z

NEW: 🔐BTCPay Server Releases V2.4.3-RC4 Security Update.

On August 13, 2026, the BTCPay Server team announced the public release of BTCPay Server V2.4.3-RC4.

This is a focused security update that addresses multiple vulnerabilities reported by the Bitcoin Red Team, Project Loupe, Magic Grants, Premai.io, and independent researchers.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btcpay-server-releases-v2-4-3-rc4-security-update-urgent-upgrade-recommended/

NEW: 🚨Trezor Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of ...

2026-08-14T14:41:55Z

NEW: 🚨Trezor Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of Nearly 14,000 Customers.

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has disclosed a data breach at one of its third party shipping providers, exposing the personal information of nearly 14,000 customers.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/trezor-data-breach-exposes-personal-information-of-nearly-14000-customers/

NEW: 🚨 Boltz Shuts Down, Founders Step Aside, and Veteran ...

2026-08-13T13:50:07Z

NEW: 🚨 Boltz Shuts Down, Founders Step Aside, and Veteran Bitcoiners Step In.

Boltz, the non-custodial swap service that lets users move Bitcoin between the base layer, the Lightning Network, and the Liquid sidechain, suspended operations on August 3, 2026.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/boltz-shuts-down-founders-step-aside-and-veteran-bitcoiners-step-in-here-is-what-happened/

NEW: 🇿🇦 The Surfer Kids of Mossel Bay Qualify for 2026 ...

2026-08-13T13:43:23Z

NEW: 🇿🇦 The Surfer Kids of Mossel Bay Qualify for 2026 South Africa Junior Championships.

The Surfer Kids Non-Profit announced big news for their junior team. The organization confirmed that several of its young surfers have qualified for the 2026 SA Junior Championships.

Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/the-surfer-kids-of-mossel-bay-qualify-for-2026-south-africa-junior-championships/

🚨Académie Bitcoin Afrique 2.0: la Cohorte 2 ouvre ses ...

2026-08-12T09:55:53Z

🚨Académie Bitcoin Afrique 2.0: la Cohorte 2 ouvre ses inscriptions.

African Bitcoiners lance la Cohorte 2 de l’Académie Bitcoin Afrique 2.0. C’est un parcours Bitcoin-only, en français, sur cinq semaines avec des sessions live.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/academie-bitcoin-afrique-2-0-la-cohorte-2-ouvre-ses-inscriptions/