Brenny Merewe

Software Engineering Student,

Cohort 2 alumni at Bitcoin Dada

[Brenny Merewe @BMerewe]

@adoptingbtc_nbo Wonderful! I'd like to volunteer 🤩🤩

[Bitcoin DADA @btc_dada]

This past weekend, we welcomed members of the Bitcoin Dada community to Dada Hub for a high-impact, hands-on workshop exploring peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading using @vexl.

Although the Hub is still undergoing its final refinements, it is already serving its core purpose. Dada Hub was designed as a premium, purpose-built environment where our students and Bitcoiners gather to engage deeply with transformative technologies, collaborate meaningfully, and translate knowledge into practical capability. The workshop demonstrated exactly what that vision looks like in practice.

[Africa ₿itcoin Conference @AfroBitcoinOrg]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!

The Africa Bitcoin Conference returns for its 5th edition and we are celebrating this milestone in Blantyre, Malawi 🇲🇼

A new city, a growing tech community. A bigger conversation about Bitcoin in Africa.

Date: 2 - 5 December, 2026.

Blantyre get ready, we are coming ⚡️

#ABC26 #ABC #Bitcoin #Blantyre #Malawi #Africa

[Brenny Merewe @BMerewe]

@btc_dada @DadaDevs Can't wait🫡

[Bitcoin DADA @btc_dada]

Drum rolls please…..the sauce has officially landed in Mauritius!!!!!!
Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia represented!
#ABC2025🇲🇺 #bitcoin

[Efrat Fenigson @efenigson]

🎙️Why Bitcoin Is a Lifeline for African Women
Ep. 109 with @marcelorraine

My guest today is Lorraine Marcel, founder of Bitcoin Dada and its technical arm Dada Devs for women across Africa. She’s a financial activist reshaping Africa’s fintech landscape by training women across 12 countries in financial literacy, Bitcoin fundamentals, and technical development. We talk about how mobile money like M-Pesa, limited banking access, and cultural barriers around property shape the economic reality for African women, and why Bitcoin in much of Africa is used first for payments and day-to-day survival rather than long-term savings. We also explore the expanding reach of CBDC and VASP regulation, and why women-led projects such as Tando and Dada Devs are critical for building practical, grassroots Bitcoin economies that actually serve people on the ground.

► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you!

00:00 - Coming Up…
01:50 - Lorraine's Background & Intro
04:33 - Financial Challenges of African Women
07:33 - Discovering Bitcoin & Initial Struggles
09:33 - Building “Bitcoin Dada” For Women
11:40 - Ad Break: Trezor & Abundant Mines
20:45 - Lorraine’s Mission Improves Lives
23:13 - Women’s Teaching Approach
25:46 - Digital Payments & CBDCs in Kenya
28:55 - Ad Break: Expat Money & New Totalitarian Order
31:02 - Bitcoin Adoption & Regulation in Kenya, Surveillance & KYC
33:58 - True Financial Empowerment
34:58 - Women As Bitcoin Developers - Tando’s Case Study
38:48 - Circular Economies in Africa
42:48 - HODLing vs. Using Bitcoin for Payments
47:58 - Recognition in Lorraine’s & Dada’s Impact
51:10 - How to Support Bitcoin Dada & Dada Devs

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[Btrust @btrustteam]

We've officially kicked off the #BtrustGathering 🚀

Over the next two days, we're bringing together grantees, engineers, contributors, faculty, community organizers, and ecosystem partners for a focused convening built around strategic alignment, cross-regional collaboration, shared learning, and strengthening the relationships that power our work.

The 2025 theme is mapping the future of open-source collaboration across the global majority.

This theme captures our goal to deepen connections, elevate regional perspectives, and align on the future of open-source Bitcoin development across Africa, India, LATAM, and beyond.

[African Bitcoiners ⚡ @afribitcoiners]

🚨 A Recap on This Week's Most Impactful African Bitcoiners 2025 Honorees (#8-21)

This week, we continued unveiling the leaders shaping Bitcoin adoption across Africa; builders strengthening Lightning infrastructure, educators empowering youth, and innovators turning financial sovereignty into reality. We are so honored to recognize this group:

#8 — Sabina Gitau 🇰🇪 (@waithiraah)
The bridge between Bitcoin and M-PESA. As Co-Founder of @tando_me, Sabina unlocked real-world spending and cross-border remittances, processing over 3 million Lightning transactions and solving the liquidity crunch for local merchants.

#9 — Heritage Falodun 🇳🇬 (@herrytheeagle)
Founder of @DigiOats. Heritage launched @spendinaf to scale B2C remittances (12k+ transactions in one quarter) and is a leading voice for renewable energy mining ("Greening the Hash") and self-custody education.

#10 — Nourou Kouta 🇸🇳 (@nourou4them)
The West African anchor. Founder of Bitcoin Sénégal, Nourou organizes the massive Dakar Bitcoin Days and built @banxaas_sn to bridge BTC with mobile money like Orange Money/Wave, proving that Francophone Africa is a major hub for innovation.

#11 — Alphonse Mehounme 🇧🇯 (@mehounme)
Breaking language barriers. Through @btcmastermind_ and @BitdevsCotonou, Alphonse is localizing technical education for French speakers. His work with Flash and community training is democratizing access across Benin, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire.

#12 — Brindon Mwiine 🇺🇬 (@BrindonMwiine)
Heart-led grassroots adoption. Founder of Gorilla Sats, Brindon combines education with direct humanitarian impact, enabling a local orphanage to run on Bitcoin while pioneering Uganda's first community-owned renewable miner.

#13 — Prince Ogbonna 🇳🇬 (@princejoj0)
Through @ipayBTCapp, Prince is making Bitcoin truly useful for daily life — powering airtime purchases, bills, and merchant payments while scaling low-fee Lightning transactions for thousands across Nigeria and beyond.

#14 — Mukungu Felix 🇰🇪 (@MukunguFelix)
Founder of The Core in Kenya. Felix is igniting a thriving builder movement — leading major Bitcoin unconferences, mentoring hundreds of youths/builders, and advancing Lightning-based remittances across East Africa.

#15 — Theophilus Isah 🇳🇬 (@Extheo)
The visionary behind @mavapay, Theophilus is breaking barriers between fiat and Bitcoin with practical payment tools, open-source innovation, and developer training shaping the next wave of African technical talent.

#16 — Mawufemor Kofi Folivi 🇬🇭 (@MawufemorFoli)
Founder of @Bitcoin_Dua, he is championing circular economies in Agbozume. Mawufemor blends STEM education and Bitcoin literacy to empower young Ghanaians with self-custody skills and real economic opportunity.

#17 — Glenn Jooste 🇿🇦 (@BitcoinUbuntu)
Through @BitcoinUbuntu and collaborations across the continent, Glenn delivers hands-on education and technical support to grassroots circular economies, helping the underbanked grow sovereign communities.

#18 — Gloire Kambale 🇨🇩 (@GloireKW)
A driving force in Goma, DRC. Through @bridgesats, @kiveclair, and his team’s contributions to https://t.co/TuPsDNeima, Gloire is helping unbanked merchants earn and save in sats while pushing genuine financial sovereignty across Congo.

#19 — Nzonda Fotsing 🇨🇲 (@BitcoinSophist)
Driving Bitcoin education across Francophone Africa. From leading @btcafriquefr to creating the @KidsBitcoin comic, Nzonda is shaping the next generation of Bitcoiners.

#20 — Belyï Nobel Kubwayo 🇧🇮 (@belyi_nobel)
Founder of @btcshule and the spark behind Burundi’s growing Bitcoin movement. His work—translations, courses, and connecting rural villages—keeps opening doors for everyday people.

#21 — Grant Gombwa 🇲🇼 (@GrantGombwa3)
Putting Malawi on the Bitcoin map. Through @BitcoinBoma, Grant is building a strong culture of self-custody, education, and community-led adoption.

These incredible leaders are proving that Africa’s Bitcoin movement is real and happening everyday in different parts of the continent.

We’ll continue unveiling new honourees every weekday as we build toward the Top 3 reveal at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius.

All 21 honourees will receive exclusive gifts crafted in partnership with @TrezorAcademy, supporting builders who are growing Bitcoin in Africa.🧡

[Web3 Developer Clubs @Web3Clubs]

Jordan Muthemba, ( @type_jordan  ) Co-founder and CEO of @ExionFinance , shared, the challenge isn't that 'payment is broken,' but that the underlying infrastructure is fragmented .

His framework for building a resilient company:

Focus on Vertical Growth: Build a strong, specialized foundation others can build upon (like Google Maps) before chasing horizontal replication.

Data Integrity: Good error handling is non-negotiable for production.

Knowledge Translation: Prioritize Actualization and Translation of the idea before moving to Commercialization.

Why stablecoins are the necessary tool to solve slow, taxed cross-border payments for SMEs. 

Join us on Fridays for sessions like this at Web3Clubs Lab.

#FintechAfrica #Startups #Leadership #Web3 #Innovation

[Lorraine Marcel @marcelorraine]

You know, if inclusivity is suddenly a priority… we can always collaborate.
No need to quietly recruit the same female devs you refused to invest in.
#dadadevs

[ILoveBlackPeople.Com @iloveblackppl_]

Tune in to our Radio Show on Sirius XM Channel 141 ,HUR Voices today at 9:30 AM EST

Don't miss out !!

[AFRIBIT KIBERA @AfribitKibera]

It’s never a boring day at Afribit Kibera. During our recent meet-up, we introduced a new merchant who deals in beauty products. We are working to capture all essential sectors—products that people can not go a month without using.

Always keep it locked to @AfribitKibera, where Bitcoin meets everyday life.

[Uncle Rockstar Developer @r0ckstardev]

The Premiere of green rockstar action figures at @BTCPrague went splendid, if you want one visit @Printer_Gobrrr website and get it shipped directly to you.

h/t @pavlenex 📸

[Abubakar Nur Khalil @ihate1999]

Always a huge honor to sync with the legend @LawrenceLepard, so much insight and wisdom 💪

Thank you for the gift and all the support. Super pumped to read The Big Print 🔥

[BITCOIN MASTERMIND @btcmastermind_]

🚨 Annonce Speaker BMM2025

Nous avons le plaisir d’accueillir @abdoul_ouadoud, développeur frontend & blockchain passionné d’IoT, de cinéma et de science-fiction ! 👨‍💻✨

[BITCOIN MASTERMIND @btcmastermind_]

🚨 Save the date : Bitcoin Dev Day – 04 Juillet 2025 📍Cotonou, Bénin

Une journée entière dédiée à la tech Bitcoin : protocoles, outils open-source, Lightning Network ⚡, projets décentralisés…

🔗 https://t.co/lGEvySCbOa

#BMM2025

[Josef Tětek @JosefTetek]

🇨🇿BTC Prague již za 7 dní!

[𝑺𝑮045🐘 @iamsg045]

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#ArrestEliudLagat #TheStandard
#JusticeForAlbertOjwang #DIGKPS
#EndPoliceBrutality #DELTARUNE #Railaodinga #IPOA #ENOUGHISENOUGH

[Lorraine Marcel @marcelorraine]

When I’m not deep in my projects, you’ll probably find me at the racetrack. Definitely not a professional 🙄but I definitely give the Gen Zs a run for their money 💀

There’s something about the speed, focus, and being in the moment that resets me. It’s my version of therapy.
#justme #sundayvibes

[Bitcoin DADA @btc_dada]

Memories from our very first cohort💛