This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Mon, 11 May 2026 18:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/ 32 32 67616479 Dada means sister https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/dada-means-sister/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/dada-means-sister/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 18:12:24 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574012 How a Kenyan events planner built Africa's most important Bitcoin school for women, and why the architecture of the classroom matters as much as the lesson.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/dada-means-sister/feed/ 0 574012 Uganda’s Bobi Wine on the books (and songs) that shape his politics https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ugandas-bobi-wine-on-the-books-and-songs-that-shape-his-politics/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ugandas-bobi-wine-on-the-books-and-songs-that-shape-his-politics/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 17:20:32 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574007 He wanted to be a writer, but believes he’ll get his message across more easily through music.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ugandas-bobi-wine-on-the-books-and-songs-that-shape-his-politics/feed/ 0 574007 The daughter of Togo and the money they cannot seize https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-daughter-of-togo-and-the-money-they-cannot-seize/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-daughter-of-togo-and-the-money-they-cannot-seize/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 10:55:28 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574003 From Sylvanus Olympio's murder to Farida Nabourema's resistance, sixty years of monetary politics in one West African country, and what bitcoin has changed.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-daughter-of-togo-and-the-money-they-cannot-seize/feed/ 0 574003 The nine billion dollar tax on love https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-nine-billion-dollar-tax-on-love/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-nine-billion-dollar-tax-on-love/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 12:33:21 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573998 Every year, African families pay almost nine billion dollars in fees to send money to each other. Bitcoin has cracked that business model. The diaspora is noticing.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-nine-billion-dollar-tax-on-love/feed/ 0 573998 The dam, the miners, and the question of who electricity is for https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-dam-the-miners-and-the-question-of-who-electricity-is-for/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/the-dam-the-miners-and-the-question-of-who-electricity-is-for/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:08:40 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573994 Ethiopia's hydro-powered Bitcoin boom is either a sovereignty breakthrough or a colonial echo. Which one it becomes depends on the choices being made right now.

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