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DESCRIPTION:Bitcoin is often discussed in the West as an investment\, a tec
 hnology\, or an ideological experiment. In much of Africa\, the conversati
 on starts somewhere else: money simply does not work the way it is suppose
 d to.\n\nFrom persistent inflation and currency debasement to restrictions
  on cross-border payments\, remittances\, banking access and economic oppo
 rtunity\, millions of Africans encounter the problems Bitcoin addresses be
 fore they ever encounter the Bitcoin whitepaper.\n\nDrawing from my experi
 ence as a Nigerian Bitcoin educator and community builder\, this talk expl
 ores what the rest of the world can learn from Africa’s relationship wit
 h Bitcoin — not as a story of a continent “catching up”\, but as a s
 ource of insight into why Bitcoin matters in the first place.\n\nI will ex
 amine how grassroots education\, communities and real-world use cases are 
 shaping Bitcoin adoption in Nigeria and across Africa\, while challenging 
 some of the assumptions that dominate Western conversations about adoption
 .\n\nThe central question is simple: what if Africa isn’t waiting for Bi
 tcoin to arrive — what if Africa is already showing the world what Bitco
 in is for?
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LOCATION:Pendulum - Main Stage
SUMMARY:Bitcoin Beyond the West: What Africa Is Teaching the World About Mo
 ney - Halima Abba
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/3VUGCG/
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