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Abubakar Nur Khalil
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In 2026, Tando makes it possible to live on Bitcoin in Kenya, and pioneering the spend not sell movement. They are now combining M-Pesa and Bitcoin's Lightning Addresses to unlock that for 40 million Kenyans.

"As Tando has shown, the combination of mobile money and freedom money is growing evidence that where there is a need, Africans will build, and where there is technology, they will pioneer and adopt.

African bitcoin builders continue to demonstrate that you do not need mass adoption or permission to live in the future."

Read more in my latest piece for Forbes Crypto.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/06/26/tando-is-unlocking-spending-bitcoin-for-40-million-kenyans/
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Turiz · 17h
Personally I thought this project would be ded after 2 years but pipo really love the fiat. Nothing has encouraged me to not bother with teaching merchants on BTC adoption since I can just pay them via their MPESA. Still think it's retrogressive tech. Maybe this could help merchants adopt BTC beca...