Fuel the truck →
The people, photos and partners behind the trip.
Aïcha runs a roadside fabric stall in Cotonou. We set her up with a Lightning wallet on a five‑year‑old Android, paid for two metres of wax print in sats, and watched her show three of her neighbours how to do the same before we'd finished our coffee.
Forty‑three students. Two laptops. One projector strapped to the side of the truck. By sunset every student had a wallet, a backup, and their first 1,000 sats.
Burkina Faso's capital is young, dense and mobile‑first, exactly the conditions where a neutral, permissionless money network takes root fastest. This is where we've parked the truck for the West African inland leg.
A few of the messages people have left on the Wall of Support, the crew, the merchants and the supporters cheering the truck on.
My first money without a bank's permission. Thank you for stopping at our market!
Learned Lightning at your stop. My shop takes sats now. Safe travels, crew!
43 of us, one projector, first 1,000 sats each. Unforgettable.
Proud to fuel the truck. Sats over inflation. Keep driving!
On vous attend à Dakar ! Merci pour ce que vous faites pour l'Afrique.
Snapshots from the movement: the crew, the wrapped car, the merchants and the Bitcoin Afrique stage. Tap any photo to enlarge.
No single sponsor, no single chain‑of‑command. A web of local builders, grant programs and orange‑pilled humans keeping the wheels turning.
…and 240+ local merchants, mechanics, hostel owners and fellow travellers we've shared chai, fuel and a sats invoice with along the way.