2026 has been a year of proof of work for Africa Free Routing. 🚨
Over the past eight months, developers across Africa have been learning, building and shipping with Bitcoin through our Lightning Developer Bootcamps.
8 bootcamp locations. 10+ cities reached. 200+ developers trained.
From Cape Town and Johannesburg to Kampala, Ouagadougou, Bujumbura, Kisumu and Addis Ababa, developers have run nodes, written code, built Lightning applications, contributed to open source and presented working projects.
The impact has gone beyond the numbers.
🇿🇦 BitDevs Cape Town was established after the Cape Town bootcamp.
🇿🇦 Johannesburg marked our 10th bootcamp milestone, with developers travelling across borders from Mozambique using Bitcoin.
🇺🇬 Kampala saw the launch of the first Bitcoin Club at Makerere University, while a solo female developer placed 2nd in the hackathon.
🇧🇫 Developers in Ouagadougou built and presented Lightning projects.
🇧🇮 Bujumbura reached full capacity, with participants building working Lightning projects.
🇰🇪 Kisumu became our largest bootcamp yet, with ~99 participants, 16 teams and 1 solo builder presenting 17 projects after an overnight build.
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa brought further cross-border participation, including developers from Kisumu.
And the work continues.
Alongside the bootcamps, we launched the Bitcoin Payment Integration Masterclass, helping businesses learn how to integrate Lightning payments into their existing products and platforms.
Some graduates have gone on to contribute to established Bitcoin organisations. Others are building products of their own.
This week, Africa Free Routing is in Kigali, Rwanda, training the next generation of African Lightning developers. 🇷🇼⚡
The work continues. The builders keep building.
Proof of work. Across Africa.
Over the past eight months, developers across Africa have been learning, building and shipping with Bitcoin through our Lightning Developer Bootcamps.
8 bootcamp locations. 10+ cities reached. 200+ developers trained.
From Cape Town and Johannesburg to Kampala, Ouagadougou, Bujumbura, Kisumu and Addis Ababa, developers have run nodes, written code, built Lightning applications, contributed to open source and presented working projects.
The impact has gone beyond the numbers.
🇿🇦 BitDevs Cape Town was established after the Cape Town bootcamp.
🇿🇦 Johannesburg marked our 10th bootcamp milestone, with developers travelling across borders from Mozambique using Bitcoin.
🇺🇬 Kampala saw the launch of the first Bitcoin Club at Makerere University, while a solo female developer placed 2nd in the hackathon.
🇧🇫 Developers in Ouagadougou built and presented Lightning projects.
🇧🇮 Bujumbura reached full capacity, with participants building working Lightning projects.
🇰🇪 Kisumu became our largest bootcamp yet, with ~99 participants, 16 teams and 1 solo builder presenting 17 projects after an overnight build.
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa brought further cross-border participation, including developers from Kisumu.
And the work continues.
Alongside the bootcamps, we launched the Bitcoin Payment Integration Masterclass, helping businesses learn how to integrate Lightning payments into their existing products and platforms.
Some graduates have gone on to contribute to established Bitcoin organisations. Others are building products of their own.
This week, Africa Free Routing is in Kigali, Rwanda, training the next generation of African Lightning developers. 🇷🇼⚡
The work continues. The builders keep building.
Proof of work. Across Africa.
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