Lessons
What 3 Years of African Bitcoin Work Taught Me
Reflections on education, collaboration, and building things that last.
Coming SoonLessons from the field — building circular economies, running Bitcoin-powered tourism, and fostering adoption across Africa.
Why your Muhima friend is richer than you. The Bahima culture of gifting cattle — and what it teaches us about capital, inheritance, and why education alone keeps us poor.
June 13, 2026More than a hundred children. Four classroom blocks. A campus paid for, almost entirely, in sats. The long version of how Starlight Elementary School came to be — and what it took.
May 15, 2026A few months of small Bitcoin microloan experiments in Kampala and Kibera, and what Ronnie Mdawida and I are starting to learn as Geyser explores a pilot with us.
May 15, 2026Why a 20% Bitcoin discount is a regenerative act — notes from a conversation about what's broken, and what's possible, in Uganda's tourism industry.
April 23, 2026Bitcoin-powered entrepreneurship as Africa's cheapest, smartest security strategy. From ALFS 2026.
April 14, 2026Bitchat, Bluetooth mesh networks, and a harder question about Africa's infrastructure priorities.
March 25, 2026Tourism in Africa is often presented as landscapes, lodges, and wildlife. But the real product has always been people, stories, and experience.
January 21, 2026Reflections on education, collaboration, and building things that last.
Coming SoonHow a simple idea became a nutrition program reaching over 100 children weekly.
Coming SoonBringing Bitcoin mining to rural Uganda using surplus renewable energy.
Coming SoonReflections on speaking at Plan B and connecting with the global Bitcoin community.
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