In March 2025, during Anita’s third Bitcoin education visit to Zambia, Bitcoin for Fairness sponsored the country’s first BitDevs meetup, where Anita gave a talk and helped spark the formation of BitDevs Zambia (you can view the slides from her presentation here).
That moment didn’t just start a meetup. It started a community.
Through the continued work of BitDevs Zambia, developers like Victor Chabunda (@0chavic) found a community to deepen their involvement in Bitcoin open-source development, strengthening their skills, expanding their networks, and building alongside peers.
Today, Victor is building on Bitcoin at a global level.
He is:
- A Btrust Developer Grant recipient (Q1 2026)
- A speaker at the Bitcoin OSS Campus Ignition programme, a BitDevs Zambia initiative introducing university students in Zambia to Bitcoin open-source development
- A winner of the Breez Time2Build Challenge
- Author of UniFFI-Dart, a tool that bridges Rust and Dart, making it easier to build cross-platform Bitcoin applications
- A contributor to Rust Payjoin advancing privacy-focused Bitcoin tools
Victor’s achievements are a direct reflection of what happens when local ecosystems are nurtured and sustained.
This is the impact of Bitcoin for Fairness: not just hosting a moment, but enabling a movement where local talent in Zambia can grow, contribute, and be recognised on a global stage.
