Dakar Bitcoin Forum 2025 is a three-day forum dedicated to exploring Bitcoin’s impact on financial inclusion, digital sovereignty, and innovation in Africa. Hosted in Dakar, Senegal, the event unites global experts, developers, and enthusiasts to discuss Bitcoin adoption, the Lightning Network, and real-world use cases. It’s an open invitation for everyone eager to learn, connect, and shape Africa’s Bitcoin future.
Why Attend?
This edition brings together key voices across public, private and academic spheres — locally, regionally and internationally — to engage with one core topic: Bitcoin. Attendees will have the chance to:
- Dive into how Bitcoin supports financial inclusion, especially in under-banked regions.
- Explore the role of the Lightning Network in enabling faster, lower-cost Bitcoin payments and its uptake in Africa.
- Examine digital sovereignty: control over funds, data and identity via self-custody of Bitcoin.
- Engage with education and community building around Bitcoin and its tools: from wallet usage to local meet-ups.
Featured Speakers
A selection of speakers you can look forward to:
- Claude Bernardini – B2P Central / BTCPay Server
- Mamadou Diagne – Civic Hacker
- Habib Diallo – OQSF
- Nourou – Banxaas
- Nafissatou Ndiaye – Product Manager (industry context)
- Dr Ousmane Ndiaye – PhD in Cryptography, Coding & Algebra
- Sébastien Ramos – Entrepreneur
- Modou Sall – Mobile Money Expert
- Idrissa Seck – Trainer, Xamlé Bitcoin
- Cheikh Ahmadou Mbacké Seck – Blockchain Developer
- Karim Sy – Founder, Jokkolabs
- Chelsie Yount-André – Ethnologist, Leiden University
Registration Fee:
- Payment in Bitcoin: 2,100 satoshis (for access to all three days)
- Or pay in FCFA: 2,100 FCFA per day (via Wave or Orange Money)
Inclusions: Breakfast and lunch are included for the full-day participants.
Audience: Open to everyone — students, entrepreneurs, professionals, public servants, and anyone keen to understand Bitcoin and its ecosystem.
Focus: This forum is exclusively about Bitcoin (no altcoins) and expects a hands-on, wallet-centric mindset: participants should be ready to learn, transact and engage.
IDO / ICO Details
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