Kibera, Nairobi — I spent a day using Bitcoin as money in Africa’s Largest Slum.
No ID. No bank. Just sats.
This is real-world use: recycling-for-sats, food stalls, boda rides, and a grassroots circular economy led by locals.
More and more Kenyans are using Bitcoin as money. Why is this?
Featuring: the NGO Afribit, (who advocate for a bitcoin circular economy), day-to-day Lightning payments, and how tools like Tando bridge with M-Pesa.
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0:00 Afrobeat street open — “Afrobeat. Bitcoin.”
0:04 First sats payment: pay to pee (391 sats = KES 50)
0:19 Kibera intro + “Hollywood of Slums” context
1:12 Afribit: “This is where Bitcoin matters”
3:28 First BTC shop + street food paid in sats
6:18 Boda network & trust — how BTC started circulating
7:13 Recycling for sats — the circular economy loop
8:24 Internet hiccup → hotspot/community Wi-Fi → Paid ⚡
9:32 M-Pesa everywhere → why a bridge helps
10:20 KYC tightened in the 2010s → who gets excluded
14:05 Tando bridge (BTC → M-Pesa) — Sabina explains
15:39 60+ BTC merchants (BTC Map) + tours;
17:30 Outro — “Hollywood of Kenya” + donate/subscribe
🔧 Tools / credits
Afribit Kibera – circular economy & education: https://afribit.africa/
Tando – Lightning → M-Pesa bridge for visitors: https://tando.me/
BTC Map – find Bitcoin merchants: www.btcmap.org
🙏 Thank you to the HRF for supporting my work. https://hrf.org/
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