Thanks for the spotlight @African Bitcoiners

Despite increasing financial repression and surveillance, civil society in Africa remains an overlooked Bitcoin audience.

@Bitcoin & Privacy for Civil Society in Africa is here to change that.

Check them out: https://hakifedha.org

Last week we hosted another Bitcoin community meetup in Lusaka, Zambia: bringing people together to learn and share ideas around Bitcoin.

Big thanks to @Bitcoin for Fairness and @Hodl Hodl for their financial support and giveaways that helped make the meetup possible.

Giveaways from our Bitcoin OSS Campus Ignition tour at ZCAS University, Lusaka! Thanks to Trezor Academy for Trezor wallets donations.

Our campus tour is only possible because of partners who believe in this mission. Huge thanks @Bitcoin for Fairness for the financial support making it possible. @Anita 🏳️‍🌈

Great to see strong interest from students at ZCAS University in Lusaka as we continue introducing young people to Bitcoin open-source development and opportunities in the space.

Thanks to everyone who joined us. Special thanks to @Bitcoin for Fairness for the support that made this possible. @Anita 🏳️‍🌈

Zambia is building practical Bitcoin tools.

1. Bit2Kwacha (https://bit2kwacha.info/) — Convert BTC ↔ ZMW using local mobile money

2. BitZed (https://bitzed.xyz/) — Buy & spend Bitcoin via Mobile Money on Lightning

3. ZamPOS (https://zampos.vercel.app/) — Bitcoin point-of-sale via Lightning for merchants

4. Sagali Wallet (currenty in beta testing)

@African Bitcoiners @Africa Free Routing @5atoshiNakamoto | ₿ 2014 @Anita 🏳️‍🌈 @Btrust Builders @Btrust

A special thank you to @5atoshiNakamoto | ₿ 2014 for your continued support of Bitcoin in Zambia.

You started the first Bemba Bitcoin-only podcasts while living in rural Zambia, helping make Bitcoin education more accessible in local language and context.

What stands out even more is that your commitment did not end when you left Zambia. Behind the scenes, you have continued supporting Bitcoin Zambia and BitDevs Zambia with advice, technical guidance, and hands-on help with our websites and GitHub.

A lot of the work that strengthens local Bitcoin communities happens quietly in the background, often without recognition.

We see it. We appreciate it.

Thank you for continuing to help grow Bitcoin education and technical capacity in Zambia. Your contribution matters.

A special thank you to @5atoshiNakamoto | ₿ 2014 for your continued support of Bitcoin in Zambia.

You started one of the first Bemba Bitcoin-only podcasts while living in Zambia, helping make Bitcoin education more accessible in local language and context.

What stands out even more is that your commitment did not end when you left Zambia. Behind the scenes, you have continued supporting Bitcoin Zambia and BitDevs Zambia with advice, technical guidance, and hands-on help with our websites and GitHub.

A lot of the work that strengthens local Bitcoin communities happens quietly in the background, often without recognition.

We see it. We appreciate it.

Thank you for continuing to help grow Bitcoin education and technical capacity in Zambia. Your contribution matters.

We at Bitcoin Zambia were excited to exhibit at RightsCon thanks to a grant from @Bitcoin for Fairness.

Now, all of it is cancelled. This is a step backward for freedom in our country. @HRF

We’ve taken a big step forward in strengthening our ability to advocate for how nonprofits can use Bitcoin to navigate financial repression.

We recently participated in an @ training focused on this important topic.

Special thanks to @Win Ko Ko Aung, @BTC Sessions, and Anya Chekhovich for their insights and guidance, and to our members and the Zambian activists who also took part in the webinar.