DADA DEVS

Africa is not just adopting Bitcoin. African women are building it.

We built Dada Devs with the hope of creating a better ecosystem for African women in Bitcoin — one where women have access to the technical training, mentorship, resources, and opportunities they need to move from learning about Bitcoin to actively building and contributing to it.

That vision is taking shape.

Through Dada Devs, we are creating pathways for women to develop their technical skills, contribute to open-source projects, explore Bitcoin infrastructure, and build solutions of their own. We want African women to be more than participants in this ecosystem. We want them to help shape its future.

@su_githaiga @nkatha_kk @Salma_Adam_KE @junearsenic7 and @nnakhero are five of the women doing that work. Their journeys reflect what becomes possible when women have the support and space to grow into technical contributors.

And they are just a fraction of what is happening at Dada Devs. There are more women learning, building, contributing, and finding their place in this ecosystem.

We started with a hope for a better future for African women in Bitcoin. Seeing that future begin to take shape through their work is a reminder of why we do this.

Meet the five African women contributing to the future of Bitcoin. Discover what they’re building, the work they’re contributing to, and how Dada Devs is helping create more pathways for African women in Bitcoin development.

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Two cohorts, weeks of learning, countless hours of building, and one shared journey into the world of Bitcoin and open-source development. Now, it’s time to celebrate the people behind that journey!

Join us on November 28 as we celebrate our Cohort 4 and 5 graduates, recognise their achievements, and bring together the wider Dada Devs community.

But this is more than a graduation ceremony. It’s an opportunity to:

🧡 Celebrate the builders: Meet and connect with women learning, contributing to, and building in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

🧡 Discover what’s possible: Hear stories of growth, explore the work coming out of the Dada Devs programme, and see how more African women are finding their place in Bitcoin development.

🧡 Build meaningful connections: Network with developers, Bitcoin enthusiasts, ecosystem contributors, and other people shaping the future of this space.

Whether you’ve been part of Dada Devs from the beginning or you’ve simply followed our journey and are curious about what we’re building, we’d love to have you in the room.

📅 Date: Saturday, November 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EAT
📍 Venue: The Concord Hotel & Suites, Parklands, Nairobi
🎟️ Entry: KSh 1,500 per person

Registration is now open! Secure your spot and come celebrate the next generation of African women building on Bitcoin.

We look forward to seeing you there! 🧡

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Eight weeks of learning, building, and working through the technical side of Bitcoin development came together this Wednesday as participants from Dada Devs Cohort 5 presented their final capstone projects.

The capstone presentations gave each group an opportunity to showcase what they had been working on, demonstrate their understanding, and put the skills they had developed throughout the programme into practice.

From the training sessions to the assignments, group work, and final projects, it has been a journey of learning, experimentation, and collaboration.

Decentralization is often discussed in the context of money, payments, and financial freedom. But its potential goes far beyond finance. It can also be applied to real-life challenges women face.

Resilience, a project by Team Nostr Warriors, explores this possibility. Made up of @mujojojayar, @AdreenGithinji , @GraciaMugoiri , @NNakhero , Daisy Sawe, Mona Tanei, and Vanessa Kalondu Otieno, the team introduced the project during the recent hackathon hosted by Dada Devs and @hack4_freedom Built on Nostr, Resilience is designed to give survivors of gender-based violence a way to anonymously seek counseling and support.

The project took second place at the hackathon and also received an additional $500 award from our founder @marcelorraine

Why the extra support? Because Resilience addresses a problem that deserves attention. For survivors of gender-based violence, fear of exposure, stigma, and lack of privacy can become barriers to seeking help. By exploring how decentralized technology can enable more private access to support, the team presented an idea with meaningful potential for real-world impact.

Well done, Team Nostr Warriors! We look forward to seeing Resilience develop and make its vision a reality. 🧡

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Where do Bitcoin developers go beyond writing code and submitting pull requests?
Hackathons create that space. They bring developers together to exchange ideas, tackle technical challenges, experiment with tools, collaborate, and turn concepts into working projects.