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Today, For the 1st time in conjuction with @geyserfund we held our 1st Btc Crowdfunding Workshop at the Satoshi hub in Kampala bringing together the #Btc community in Uganda. @BitcoinKampala @BitDevsKLA @NowarugabaG, @Monica_Ka14, @EuniceNakiirya @Earknee_pro, @JohnsonMakmot

We are still welcoming applications So do not let this opportunity slide if you are not caught up on Saturday 2nd of May 2026 Come through and learn about #Bitcoin, Geyser Fund and connect with like minded individuals See you then!

We are excited to host the Bitcoin Crowdfunding Workshop 🥳🔥 Join us for a full-day experience of building, learning, and innovation at the @geyserfund Workshop ⚡ 📍 The Satoshi Hub – Kikoni, Kampala, Uganda 📅 2nd May, 2026 👇Register now: forms.gle/wSGU4bTZMM1hLM…

Today started with us coming together as a team, figuring out our roles and direction as a club and ended with us using #Btc through @blinkbtc in the real world setting at @Juicyb_shop and Hamza @Earknee_pro @NowarugabaG @Monica_Ka14 @JohnsonMakmot @BrindonMwiine @BitcoinKampala

🌍 The LéO Africa Institute & Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (@KasUganda) are pleased to announce that applications for the Griots Fellowship 2026 are now open. In West African tradition, the Griot is the keeper of memory, the voice of community, and the shaper of collective identity. Inspired by this tradition and the global power of platforms like TED Talks, the Griots Fellowship is designed for practitioners who believe that story is how #Africa reclaims its own narrative in the world. Now entering its second cohort, we are looking for practitioners who have a story to tell, a project to develop, and a voice ready to be heard. Writers. Filmmakers. Podcasters. Visual artists. Musicians. Oral historians. Cultural practitioners. This fellowship is for you. The program takes fellows through: 1️⃣ Narrative Strategy & Craft — Sharpening the art and intention behind your storytelling 2️⃣ Media Production Ethics — Understanding responsibility, representation, and integrity in the stories we tell 3️⃣ Platform Building — Developing the presence and reach your work deserves 4️⃣ The LéO Africa Talk — A carefully crafted, TED-style talk delivered before a live audience The 2026 cohort theme is "Stories that will Define our Future." ✅ Who should apply: ▫️Emerging leaders aged 25–45, based anywhere on the continent ▫️Writers, artists, filmmakers, cultural practitioners, and storytellers of all kinds ▫️Those with a story rooted in their life, their community, their corner of Africa — and the commitment to bring it to life 📌 Apply now: bit.ly/4slGFtk

🇺🇬Highlights from the Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Kampala!⚡️ This Bootcamp brought builders, developers, and enthusiasts together to level up Africa’s Bitcoin ecosystem. Some Key Highlights you missed: 🔥 7 teams. 1 hackathon. Pure builder energy. 🔥 Ideas flying, code shipping, problems getting solved in real time. 🔥 A solo female dev took on full teams and came 2nd. 🔥Sats were earned (shoutout @GorillaSats & @BitDevsKLA). 🔥 First Bitcoin Club at Makerere University unlocked. 🔥 Builders walked in curious walked out dangerous. Big love to @dzeg5, @EMbits, @megasley, @BrindonMwiine, @afansabila, @NowarugabaG and everyone who made it happen.🙌 Next stop: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.🇧🇫⚡️

Uganda’s SMEs are rapidly embracing digital tools from cloud accounting to mobile payments and real-time customer engagement but while this shift is unlocking growth, it is also increasing exposure to cyber threats. @NITAUganda1 hosted a workshop focused on strengthening cybersecurity for SMEs, highlighting the urgent need for practical, affordable protections tailored to small and medium businesses through the development of a Cybersecurity Standard for SMEs. The Cybersecurity Standard for SMEs will offer the following advantages: ✅Enhanced trust. ✅Operational continuity. ✅Cost savings. ✅Simplified compliance. With cybercrime on the rise, the development of a dedicated Cybersecurity Standard for SMEs marks a critical step toward building trust, ensuring business continuity, and supporting compliance in today’s digital economy. #CyberSecurity #SMEs #NITAU

Day 5. Final Day of the Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Kampala ⚡️🇺🇬 We wrapped things up the best way possible. By building. The final day was dedicated to a mini hackathon, with 7 groups working on different ideas built on top of everything they had learned over the past few days. You could feel the shift immediately. Each group presented what they built, how they approached the problem, and the challenges they faced along the way. It wasn’t just about the final product, it was about the thinking behind it. One moment that stood out. A solo female developer went head to head with full teams and came out second, just a few points behind the winner. That tells you everything you need to know about the level of talent in the room. In the end, sats were awarded to both the winning team and the runner up, a small but meaningful reward for the work put in over the week. Shout out to @GorillaSats and @BitDevsKLA for contributing to the sats prize. But beyond the prizes, the real win was clear. Developers who came in curious are leaving as builders. Thanks to @BrindonMwiine and team, the bootcamp also led to the creation of the first Bitcoin Club at Makerere University, Kampala. That’s a huge win. Huge thanks to our instructor, @dzeg5, for leading from the front and making sure no one was left behind. Shout out to the team, @EMbits, @megasley, @BrindonMwiine, @afansabila, and @NowarugabaG for putting everything together and making this bootcamp a success. And to our sponsors, thank you for backing something that actually builds capacity and grows the ecosystem: @HRF @OpenSats @Tether_Africa @planb_network @afribitcoiners @GorillaSats @BitDevsKLA Next stop: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Bitcoin Starlight School Update 🎉 January & February were dedicated to completing 4 new modern buildings, thanks to Isma’s diligence in supervising the project. We then hosted the only #Bitcoin Artist, @dennis_kasagga, who beautified our walls with multiple murals and Bitcoin paintings. The children actively participated in both the construction and re-painting of their own school; skills and talents were discovered for sure. 👍🏾 We continue to thank @Bitcoinbeach, @TrezorAcademy, @BitcoinBeachBR, @BitcoinEkasi and all those who donated to the “savestarlight school campaign.” Crazy we achieved the first-ever Bitcoin School in Africa fully funded in #Bitcoin. 🙌🏾 Read our story & Donate via bitcoinconfederation.org/hub/save-starl… More pictures 👇🏽👇🏽

📸 ALG 2025 | A Day in Pictures What a day! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Annual Leaders Gathering 2025! 🙌🔥 From the Africa Champions Breakfast at 8:00 AM to the closing remarks at 5:00 PM, we gathered to Build Together for Impact, and what we built was extraordinary! 🌟 🎯 We heard powerful keynotes from Charles Mudiwa (@CharlesMudiwa) and Susan Nsibirwa (@SueNsibirwa) 🚀 We engaged in transformative panel discussions on strategic partnerships and innovation 💡 We launched the Africa Champions Network with a bold vision: 10,000 leaders in 10 years ⚡ We made commitments that will shape Africa's next decade Now, relive the moments! 📷✨ We're sharing the full photo album from ALG 2025. Check it out to view all the highlights—the conversations, the connections, the commitments, and the community we're building together! 🎉 Link➡️ [flic.kr/s/aHBqjCE3Fo] Thank you for being part of this movement.🌍💪🔥 #ALG2025 #BuildingTogetherForImpact #AfricaChampionsNetwork #TransformationalLeadership @KasUganda @SegalFoundation

A friend of mine used to say: “Show up on time, with a good attitude, and do what you said you’d do. That’s it. That’s 90% of winning in life." The older I get, the more I realize just how right he was.

🎓 What an inspiring day at the 18th ISBAT University Graduation! My heartfelt cheers to all the dedicated graduates. Cherish this milestone, and never forget the journey. The world awaits your innovation and leadership. I wish you immense success in this exciting new chapter!👨🏾‍🎓

🥁🥁🥁 We are delighted to announce the 6th Annual Leaders Gathering 2025: "Building Together for Impact – Inspiring Excellence Through Transformative Leadership." Building on five years of impactful convenings, this year’s gathering unites fellows, partners, and distinguished guests to catalyze collaborative, ethical, results-driven leadership for Africa's bold future. We are bringing together an exceptional community of leaders driving change, creating opportunities, and generating impact across their communities, drawing from over 200 LéO Africa fellows and the thousands of emerging leaders within our expansive network. 🗓️Dec 13 | 🏨Four Points by Sheraton Kampala #ALG2025 #ANetworkOfTransformativeLeaders

This. 👇👇👇 @binance sponsoring a "crypto" educational program. ... is inappropriate. By all means, sponsor a soccer team or something, but if you profit from 💩coin trading, you shouldn't be touching education. The headline says it all: Crypto ≠ Scam. Really? @talkcentss, where were you for the ICO craze of 2017, or the NFT & Defi madness of 2021? How many thousands upon thousands of crypto projects were literal pump & dump schemes? Pure hype, designed to fleece people. And how many of those were traded on Binance? Will this program look into that? And will this program make a clear differentiation between Bitcoin and everything else? Because if it doesn't, it demonstrates a very basic lack of understanding. You should ask your producers: 1. Which cryptos match, or come close to matching Bitcoin in its decentralization? And why does decentralization matter? (Hint: Bitcoiners literally fought a civil war in 2017 and risked the existence of the project to settle that question... that's how important it is.) 2. Which cryptos (other than so-called stablecoins) have found real world application, beyond speculation and trading? In other words, which cryptos are actually solving a problem, today? And what problem are they solving? 3. The third largest crypto (by market capitalization) is a completely centralized stable coin, USDT. It's a crypto dollar, and it lacks 99% of everything that makes Bitcoin valuable. It also rests on the US government's massive, unprecedented and completely unsustainable $38T debt bubble. Yet, the market sees more value in that than 99% of all other crypto. What does that say about the rest of crypto? 4. Bitcoin's dominance is back up above 60%. It was challenged in 2017, and dropped to below 40% but recovered in 2019 & 2020 to above 70%. Same thing repeated itself in 2021 to 2023/2024. What does this pattern say about crypto? (Hint: Reality -> Hype -> Speculation -> Crash -> Reality) 5. And if you exclude stable coins Bitcoin dominance is anywhere between 65 - 70%? After 17 years of experimentation, with thousands upon thousands of alternatives dumped on the market, Bitcoin is more than twice as valuable as everything else in crypto. What does this say about everything else? Bottom line, @talkcentss, is this: If you're truly interested in education, what you should be doing is the following: (Your sponsor won't like this) 1. Explain the basics of fiat money and why it is a problem to attempt printing something out of nothing. Explain how many times throughout history this has failed and resulted in chaos. 2. Explain why and how **decentralized** digital scarcity works as money and how it solves this problem. 3. Recommend that people work hard, earn their living as they normally would, and save whatever they can in Bitcoin. 4. Educate people on how Bitcoin makes the world a better place, by separating Money and State. 5. Suggest that people not only buy into Bitcoin to protect their wealth, which they should, but also buy into the idea that grassroots adoption of Bitcoin improves the world for everyone. See point 4 above. 6. Recommend that people stay away from the temptation to try and get-rich-quick by buying / trading crypto. 7. Back-up that recommendation by explaining the very real fact that, unless they're already sophisticated traders, if they buy anything else other than Bitcoin, they'll probably lose money. 8. And finally, ask that people be entirely honest with themselves before buying anything, by asking themselves three very simple questions: A: Do I understand what I am buying? B: Can I afford to lose this? C: Am I buying this with a long term vision to protect my wealth from currency debasement, or am I buying this purely in the hope to become rich, without a solid thesis to back it up? Finally, @talkcentss, based on more than a decade of experience (including buying the top in 2013 and diving head first into a roller-coaster that's never stopped since then) here's a summary of lessons learnt: Bitcoin is the innovation. It will change money. Crypto, as we know it today, will continue to fade into irrelevance, despite the artificial hype created by those who profit from its control. And its precisely because of a lack of any such control that Bitcoin is different. Control = Power Power = Corruption We've seen enough of that. @talkcentss, if you really want to help South Africans, you should seriously consider these questions and suggestions.

It's a system, designed to do one thing. #Bitcoin

There's a thing #Kampala does to people 2-3 years after school/graduation. All of a sudden, someone who was curious, analytical & thoughtful adopts a survivalist hustle culture, cutting corners & losing themselves. This has been the worst kind of peer degeneration to see #Uganda

@KampalaJournal 😂

Gen. Mugisha Muntu gets heroic welcome in Sheema district where thousands have poured to the streets to welcome him #KJNews

It’s amazing that we have a worldwide community built around #Bitcoin - someone’s suggestion on how to solve a problem has brought us all together to fight against the biggest heist on people’s lives @NowarugabaG ‘s smile in a “Bitcoin Kampala Uganda” shirt is one of the least reminders I expected today of why we are building this community. #Bitcoin has put smiles on many faces across Uganda & the world, let’s keep painting the world orange #Bitcoin helps more people smile #Bitcoin is hope 🧡

@geyserfund @BitcoinEkasi Option B 🥳🥳🥳🥳

🔥 We’ve got 100k sats to push Bitcoin adoption in Africa. Where should it go? A) Bitcoin Africa Story, grassroots education & meetups in Nigeria 🇳🇬 B) Orphans of Uganda, a Bitcoin-friendly orphanage in Uganda 🇺🇬 C) Nisah, a 19yo heading to @BitcoinEkasi in S. Africa 🇿🇦 Vote👇

22•05•2025 - Orphanage Bitcoin Pizza Day 😇 We dreamt to leave our district on a bus to the zoo at the end of last year, you all made it happen…. Special Thanks to @blinkbtc, @studentofbtc, @travelwbitcoin who sponsored us for the day And our forever patrons @Bitcoinbeach, @BitcoinEkasi & @BitcoinBeachBR and all #Bitcoiners. All the children at @orphansofuganda and the #Bitcoiners here feel loved because of you all. Keep sharing your sats bitcoinkampala.org