Bitcoin In Africa Show

The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story.

We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world. The show is created and hosted by former regulator and Bitcoin Activist Charlene Fadirepo.   

On this October 2023, episode of the Bitcoin In Africa Show, Charlene is live at the first Africa Bitcoin Mining Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya. Special thank you to the leadership of Kenyan Bitcoin Mining company, Gridless Compute (@GridlessComputer) [Erik Hersman (CEO  & Co-Founder), Janet Maingi (Co-Founder), and Phillip Walton (Co-Founder)] who organized the conference. 

In this episode, Charlene speaks with several guests across African's Bitcoin mining ecosystem. Charlene speaks with Guinean Bitcoin miner, Omar Berry (@Fula_coin). Omar shares his Bitcoin mining origin story and how he is living his own dream of bringing more hashrate into the continent.

Then Charlene speaks with Gridless Compute Co-Founder, Janet Maingi (@nduku_jay) about her Bitcoin journey and how her past career success in the telecom space led to a golden opportunity–an opportunity to become one the first large-scale pioneers of green Bitcoin mining in Africa.

Janet also shares stories of hope --about how Bitcoin mining is transforming lives and providing basic needs across rural communities in Kenya. 

Next up, we meet Kenyan Mechanical Engineer, Barre Yassin,who is the lead designer of Kifaru, Gridless Compute’s Bitcoin mining container. Barre shares his insights on designing the mining container to thrive in African terrain.

Lastly, Charlene speaks with Gridless Compute CEO, Erik Hersman (@whiteafrican), who shares his Bitcoin journey and his vision for Gridless to “push electrification to the edges in Africa”.

We learn about Erik’s incredible leadership in the African Bitcoin Mining ecosystem and more inspiring stories of how bitcoin mining is changing lives in East Africa.

Special thank you to all of our incredible guests on this show: Omar Berry (@Fula_coin), Janet Maingi (@nduku_jay) Co-Founder of Gridless Compute, Erik Hersman (@whiteafrican),Gridless Compute CEO, and Barre Yassin, lead Designer at Gridless Compute. 

On this June 2023 episode of the Bitcoin In Africa Show, Charlene is live at the Bitcoin 2023 conference held in Miami, Florida. This is part 2 of the Bitcoin 2023 conference episode. This episode focuses on Bitcoin Mining in Africa and explores the Bitcoin Mining Village at the Bitcoin 2023 conference.

In this episode, Charlene speaks with @TheCoinDad (Tobias Barbir), the founder of The Bitcoin Mining Museum which has the largest collection of ASIC Bitcoin miners on the planet. Charlene also got a chance to speak with @TheCoinDad’s lovely wife, April Barbir. Charlene also learns about turn-key Bitcoin mining containers with multinational crypto mining company @BitDeer and discusses Bitcoin immersion mining set-ups with Bob from the Home Bitcoin Immersion Mining Channel (@HBIM_Channel) and Michael Schmid (@schnitzel) of Nakamoto Heating Solutions (@NakamotoHeating).

The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story. We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world. The show is created and hosted by former regulator and Bitcoin Activist Charlene Fadirepo.   

On this April 17, 2023 episode of the #Bitcoin In Africa Show, Charlene speaks with Nigerian Bitcoin Lawyer Jude Chide Ogene, who is the former General Counsel for P2P trading platform Paxful and the current General Council for Bitcoin payment processor, OpenNode. This episode was filmed in December 2022, at the Africa Bitcoin Conference held in Accra, Ghana.

Charlene and Jude discuss the historical significance of the Africa Bitcoin Conference, challenges with Bitcoin adoption in Nigeria and Jude's role leading legal and compliance at Paxful. Jude's incredibly unique skill set and expertise that blends business, Bitcoin, United States law, and Nigerian law contributes to his perspective to understand the complexities of financial regulation across Africa's Bitcoin ecosystem. Note: Peer-to-peer trading platform, Paxful ceased operations in April 2023.

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The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story. We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world. The show is created and hosted by former regulator and Bitcoin Activist Charlene Fadirepo.   

On this February 8, 2023 episode of the #Bitcoin In Africa Show, Charlene speaks with Dr. Leonard Eze, a medical doctor and Bitcoin advocate based in North East Nigeria. Dr. Eze has been in Bitcoin since 2016. Charlene and Dr. Eze discuss the recent developments around the bank note crisis in Nigeria and the difficult impact it has had on everyday Nigerians. From counterfeit bills, to Nigeria cultural norms, to the upcoming Presidential elections in Nigeria, this discussion examines the deep complexity of Nigeria's bank note shortage and how it creates a perfect use case for Bitcoin.  Enjoy! If you like this episode - please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel, the Bitcoin In Africa Show. 

Learn more about our show at www.bitcoininafricashow.com.

The Bitcoin In Africa Show was formerly known as the Bitcoin In Nigeria Show. This episode has references to the show's former name.

The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story. We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world.

On this episode of the Bitcoin In Africa Show, Charlene speaks with Abubakar Nur Khalil, the CEO of Recursive Capital, a Bitcoin venture capital fund. In this episode, Abubakar talks about Recursive Capital's mission to build Africa’s Bitcoin tech ecosystem. Abubakar also shares his Bitcoin journey from his start as a self-taught Bitcoin core developer to becoming one of the most prominent leaders of the Bitcoin revolution in Nigeria and all across Africa.  Abubakar Nur Khalil can be reached on Twitter at @Ihate1999.

The Bitcoin in Africa Show was formerly known as the Bitcoin In Nigeria Show. This 2022 podcast episode contains references to the show under its former name.

The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story. We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world.

During this episode of the Bitcoin In Africa Show podcast, Charlene speaks with Siyanbola Yassara who is the founder and CEO of Nigeria based Bitcoin mining company, Trojan Mining. During the discussion, Siyanbola shares his journey into the Bitcoin mining space in Nigeria --and how Bitcoin mining has created a path for financial freedom his family. 

The Bitcoin in Africa Show was formerly known as the Bitcoin In Nigeria Show. This 2021 podcast episode contains references to the show under its former name. 

The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story. We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world.

On this episode, we speak with the amazing Ray Youssef, the CEO of Paxful one of the largest peer to peer exchanges in the world. When you listen to this episode, you can't help but get excited about the future of Bitcoin in Nigeria. Ray's focus and enthusiasm for the promise of Bitcoin in Nigeria is inspiring. In this episode you will hear Ray's thoughts on what is fueling Nigeria's amazing Bitcoin adoption rate, his future plans for Paxful and how he intends to use Bitcoin to help change the world. 

The Bitcoin in Africa Show was formerly known as the Bitcoin In Nigeria Show. This 2021 podcast episode contains references to the show under its former name.

The Bitcoin In Africa Show podcast aims to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators, founders, ecosystem builders and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. This special episode of the show is centered on the social justice and human rights aspect of Bitcoin. The episode has been dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives tragically during the #EndSARS protest. The #EndSARS protest was a historic moment in October 20, 2020, where Nigerians across class and ethnic groups came together to protest police brutality. SARS stands for Special Anti-Robbery Squad, and the group is a branch of the Nigeria police force.The #EndSARS slogan is call for the disbanding of this police unit who has had a long history of abusing Nigerian citizens. 

In this episode, host Charlene Fadirepo speaks with #EndSARS Social Activist Tosin Adesina. In October 2021, Tosin hosted the #EndSARs 20 Days of Activism, from October 1st to October 20th in honor of the #EndSARS protest on the social media platform called TwittersSpaces. The event featured 23 speakers and over 10,000 cumulative attendees for the 20 Day period. During this episode, we discuss how #Bitcoin was used to support the #EndSARS activists during the protest. Listen to Tosin's riveting account of his experience on that fateful day in Oct of 2021, and learn about how he continues to do the work to advocate for a better safer and stronger Nigeria. 

The Bitcoin in Africa Show was formerly known as the Bitcoin In Nigeria Show. This 2021 podcast episode contains references to the show under its former name.

The goal of the Bitcoin In Africa Show is to expand the narrative of Bitcoin by giving voice to innovators and early adopters that are leading the Bitcoin Revolution across Africa. In this podcast, we connect with fintech founders, developers, influencers, and ecosystem builders that are an integral part of Africa's Bitcoin story. We hope our podcast can help deepen your understanding of the global use case of Bitcoin across Africa and around the world.

During this episode, we speak with Bernard Parah, the Founder of Bitnob. Bitnob is a Bitcoin financial services firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. During the episode, Bernard shared Bitnob’s incredible journey to their recent launch on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Also in the episode, Bernard talks about his start as a peer to peer Bitcoin trader in Ghana and his future plans for Bitnob to expand across Africa and around the world. This episode also features Nigerian angel investor and advisor Yewande Odumosu, who spoke about Nigeria’s vibrant start-up ecosystem.