Bitcoin For Fairness Review 2025

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Highlights of 2025

January

Keynote at Adopting Bitcoin in Cape Town: “Cypherpunks vs. Wall Street: Bitcoin’s Revolutionary Ethos”

Cypherpunks 2025: “We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us Bitcoin out of their beneficence. It is to their advantage to tweak it, and we should expect that they will try to change it. We must defend our financial freedom if we expect to have any. The technologies of the past did not allow for strong privacy and uncensorable ownership, but electronic technologies do.”

“Bitcoin is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a free and fair money that does not discriminate.” – Anita

February

Visiting Bitcoin Ekasi in Mossel Bay

Road trip from Cape Town via the Garden Route to Mossel Bay, where we visited Bitcoin Ekasi for the second time to see the progress since their start and our first visit in 2022.

On this trip we we paid all our groceries, petrol and our accommodation with bitcoin.

Paying for groceries at PicknPay

From Surfer Kid to Bitcoin Developer – Talking with Bongani

I met Bongani, a 16-year-old from Bitcoin Ekasi, who went from a surfer kid to building his own Lightning Node in South Africa. He shares how he learned about Bitcoin, his passion for tech, and his big plans for the future.

Visited Simply Sow a New Circular Economy in Mossel Bay

I interviewed René from Simply Sow, a foster care project in Mossel Bay, South Africa, that has embraced Bitcoin as a lifeline. She shares how the organization transitioned from fiat to Bitcoin, how foster moms use it for daily essentials, and the challenges and successes of building a circular economy.

Interview with Hermann from Bitcoin Ekasi About What It Takes To Build A Circular Economy

I talked with Hermann from Bitcoin Ekasi about their journey in building a Bitcoin circular economy—what worked, what failed, and the lessons learned along the way.

Workshop for a Coffee Shop Team in Scarborough

10 people attended our workshop in Scarborough. The participants were the owners and employees of a coffee shop that is accepting bitcoin. The employees are from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe so after installing a wallet we showed them how to use Bitrefill.com to send airtime to their families. With the owners we discussed strategies for how their business can adopt bitcoin more broadly.

March

Workshop with Civil Society, Harare, Zimbabwe

We conducted a workshop with two activists who are working within the civil society in Zimbabwe introducing them to various freedom technologies to support their work.

ZAMBIA

Bitcoin Education Week in Zambia: A Growing Grassroots Movement

From March 20-30 we hosted the Bitcoin Education Week in Lusaka, Zambia in cooperation with the local Bitcoin Zambia initiative. We conducted 5 events and had 2 days of strategy and mentoring sessions with the local group. At every event we introduced the CTO scholarship program and on-boarded new students.

Here is our Zambia report with images.

Launch of BitDevs Zambia

Zambia hosted its first-ever BitDevs meetup, a significant milestone for the local Bitcoin developer community. Held at AfricaWorks and supported by Bitcoin for Fairness, the event brought together developers, builders, and curious minds for deep technical discussions on Bitcoin. Topics included the inner workings of Bitcoin, its security model, and the vital role African developers can play in shaping the global Bitcoin ecosystem.

Start of A Bitcoin Book Club in Lusaka

We donated 20 of Anita’s (L)earn Bitcoin books for a book club by the Bitcoin Zambia community. The books were printed locally and paid in bitcoin.

April

ZIMBABWE

Meetup in Bulawayo

30 participants at our first meetup in Bulawayo. We were doing a Bitcoin 101 presentation, a Q & A, installed Misty Breez wallets with the participants and sent some sats to them to practice.

Building Infrastructure – Setup BitAxe Miners

Donation and set-up of five BitAxe miners at a farm in rural Zimbabwe, Matabeleland South. The BitAxes are running on solar power and were donated to us by Plebsource.

Launch of New Local Initiative – YeBo Bitcoin

4 hours of strategy and mentoring with local group founder Langa, who set up his “YeBo Bitcoin” initiative after our session. He will start a local learning group for our CTO scholarship students and start a book club.

May

Grants and mentoring for Bitcoin Famba, Mozambique

We handed out a micro-grant to Bitcoin Famba in Mozambique to carry out four educational meetups in Maputo. We additionally sponsored and sent 15 print copies of Anita’s (L)earn Bitcoin book in Portuguese to Mozambique.

Inaugural Event by Bitcoin Famba in Maputo

June

Fourth Time at the Oslo Freedom Forum

Our founder Anita was participating at the Oslo Freedom Forum, a global gathering of human rights defenders, journalists, artists, technologists, and policymakers to explore ideas and actions to advance freedom.

July

Redesign of Anita’s Website Goes Online

Copycats and Builders: Bitcoin Adoption in Africa And What Must Change

Africa: There are currently 150+ Bitcoin adoption and education initiatives across the continent, many of them look impressive online but only a few lead to actual Bitcoin adoption. Anita reflects on five years of working in grassroots Bitcoin adoption across Africa, sharing what works and what doesn’t. Too many people copy initiatives or chase hype without real results, while those builders solving real problems are often overlooked. This is a call to think critically, act intentionally, and start building.

Article

October

From Sunlight to Savings: How One Zimbabwean Farmer Is Building a Bitcoin Business

All reasons why Bitcoin matters in Zimbabwe in one article and interview.

Global Bitcoin Summit, Nashville

Bitcoin for Fairness was a part of HRF’s Global Bitcoin Summit conducted at Bitcoin Park. A fabulous event to exchange ideas and collaborate with other Bitcoin project leads from all around the world.

FEDI BFF Group

We opened a BFF Community group on Fedi, the app that allows community custody where people can pay with ecash in a very private way and also communicate in a chat room.

To join us, download the Fedi app and then scan this code from within Fedi:

November

Talk at NPO Event in Vienna

80 people showed up at an event hosted by Bitcoin Austria and 21NPO in Vienna. Anita explained why Bitcoin is an important tool for civil society. She shared her experiences from Africa and showed how Bitcoin helps people overcome inflation, censorship, and financial exclusion. She also talked about why financial privacy and self-determination are so important for a functioning society.

Talk is in German.

First Community Call of Our Scholarship Program for Crack The Orange

Our first Crack the Orange community call with 21 community leads from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zanzibar focused on Bitcoin Circular Economies. We also want CTO scholars to see how Bitcoin becomes meaningful when it is rooted in real communities rather than theory alone.

December

Keynote at the Fourth Africa Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius

Anita’s most important talk of 2025 with insights and learnings from 5 years of work with Bitcoin for Fairness:

„Privacy, self-custody, and permissionlessness are non-negotiable”

Insights from spending the last five years working on Bitcoin education across several African countries. Anita explained why real adoption requires local solutions, not “adoption theater,” and why privacy, self-custody, and permissionlessness are non-negotiable.

She also highlighted powerful stories of activists, community builders, and initiatives shaping the future of Bitcoin on the continent.

Initiatives Throughout 2025

Grants and mentoring to support local initiatives

During the year BFF handed out micro-grants and supported the following initiatives with capacity building.

  • Yebo Bitcoin, Zimbabwe
  • BitDevs Zambia
  • Africa Free Routing Lightning Bootcamp in Zambia
  • Bitcoin Zambia

Crack The Orange

Bitcoin Knowledge Library

We produced

Anita was a guest on several podcasts including:

BFF Scholarship results

Since 2023 – we run Crack the Orange – an online Train the Trainer program. Our students are from 33 countries globally.

We grant scholarships for Bitcoin educators, community builders and developers in the Global South.

Testimonials from Our Graduates

Sylos Chikaponda, Malawi

“A huge shoutout to Bitcoin for Fairness! Crack the Orange program has been a transformative experience. I now have a solid understanding of how Bitcoin can help combat inflation, reduce transaction costs, and provide financial freedom—especially for people who are unbanked. I’m so grateful for the knowledge and excited to share it with my community.”

Linda Wambui Kariuki, Kenya

“The “Crack the Orange” program by Bitcoin for Fairness has been an incredible learning journey. This comprehensive Bitcoin course offers clear explanations and engaging materials, making the learning experience both practical and enriching. The course significantly boosted my confidence in understanding Bitcoin’s technology and its impact on humanity. A huge thank you to Bitcoin for Fairness for providing this fantastic learning experience. This course is truly a valuable investment in financial education, especially for those seeking to deepen their knowledge of Bitcoin and its applications. I am excited to apply my newfound skills to my project, Bitsavers Eduhub, and to help drive Bitcoin adoption and savings with Bitcoin within my community.”

Paul Sima, Zambia

“I found Crack The Orange easy to follow and very beginner-friendly. Anita does a great job explaining complex concepts in a simple and relatable way—especially topics like UTXOs, which I previously found confusing. The course is hands-on and practical, with a strong emphasis on privacy and financial sovereignty. I really appreciated how it not only taught me how to use Bitcoin but also why it matters. It helped me build a solid foundation and gave me the confidence to take control of my financial future. Highly recommended for anyone curious about Bitcoin or looking to deepen their understanding.”

Why Bitcoin For Fairness Stays Relevant

“Maybe the future is counting on us to do things so it can arrive. We are not doing things because the past made us. We are doing things because the future asked us to.” – Seth Godin

Goals for Next Year

The mission of Bitcoin for Fairness is to build Bitcoin capacity where it’s needed most – fostering a fair, accessible financial system that doesn’t discriminate or oppress.

In 2026 we continue our work with a focus on capacity and decentralized infrastructure building, supporting the use of Bitcoin as money and strengthening censorship resistance and privacy in the Global South.

From January to May founder Anita and program director Francis Miller will advance Bitcoin education on the ground across Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia.

Bitcoin For Fairness will provide Crack the Orange scholarships to emerging educators, and support local initiatives through micro-grants and mentorship throughout the year 2026.

To follow the full journey, read the 2022 review , the 2023 review and the 2024 review here.

Here is our 5 year Impact Report!

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