While the Western financial press has spent most of 2026 following Bitcoin’s damage starting in October 2025 a regular increase of around $126,000, Safe The Academy has released articles that cover another issue.
Seeding Bitcoin: Trezor Academy and the African Bitcoin Revolution follows educators, entrepreneurs, and communities across sub-Saharan Africa who are using Bitcoin not as a speculative asset but as a financial tool.
The video shows a Bitcoin learning center in South Africa where young students complete a Bitcoin diploma course and receive weekly bitcoin rewards, which some use to buy food for their families.
It’s the story of a shopkeeper who refused Bitcoin because of the difficulties until a local teacher told him about the stability of stablecoins, then became a child.
It documents a woman who traveled 14 hours to attend a major Bitcoin conference and a former drug addict whose life has changed since becoming involved in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
The line through all of these is removed from the existing system. Speakers in the film describe the number of people – refugees, orphans, people without addresses or government-issued IDs – who cannot access bank accounts, loans, or payment methods.
Bitcoin, as one of the participants said, “does not know if you are poor or rich, the color of your skin, whether you have a government ID or not.
Chainalysis recorded More than $205 billion in value chains received across sub-Saharan Africa in the year to mid-2025, rising around 52% year-on-year – the third fastest growing region in the world.
The majority of these transfers fell below $10,000 more than any other region, a trend that is consistent with daily use by individuals rather than institutional visits.
Remittance costs tell part of the story: sending $200 to Sub-Saharan Africa through traditional channels costs about 9 percent, which is the highest of any region according to the World Bank.
On Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, a similar transfer would cost a few cents.
Financial instability adds another dimension. After the Nigerian naira devalued in March 2025, the number of chains in the region increased as people withdrew their money from the local currency. For communities that have been booming for generations, out-of-state fixed assets have a practical rather than ideological role.
Trezor Academy: Global bitcoin education
Trezor Academy, which has held more than 300 conferences, completed 2,000 courses, and now operates in more than 30 countries, created the document around local teachers teaching their peers in their own languages.
“This program does not teach anyone in Africa about Bitcoin,” said one teacher in the film. “What we are doing now is planting seeds through local educators where the Bitcoin circular economy will grow later.”
Along with the release, Trezor has added an online delivery option. Customers can donate at checkout or donate without making a purchase, with all proceeds going towards workshops, conferences, and project support in the Global South.
