Rinah Maria

A lawyer in Uganda asked a juice shop what Bitcoin was. Now she helps teach it in local languages with School of Satoshi. This is how the movement spreads: person to person. @rinaaire @schoolOfSatoshi Help us tell more stories like these. Bitcoin adoption starts with education. 50% of your donation directly funds the top 50 Bitcoin education communities worldwide, ranked by proof of work. The other 50% helps My First Bitcoin build free, open-source educational tools and infrastructure for educators in 40+ countries. No Education. No Adoption. Fund the Movement. 🧡 myfirstbitcoin.org/fund

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East African Bitcoiners are building without asking for permission. Bitcoin is in their hands, reshaping their future. Our documentary highlights this unstoppable momentum. Premieres June 10 in Prague at the Bitcoin Educators Unconference Thank you to everyone who made this possible: @EcoBitz_21m @harymo_ @MaaliMKen @AMulikatete @Angella_Jude @MukunguFelix @AfribitKibera @alphysusan @rinaaire @schoolOfSatoshi @53violaaa @Bitbiasharakids @Cosmic_spaces @Fideltodayy @waithiraah And to our incredible director, @thekylehuber

It's hard for me to explain to those outside #Uganda just how irritated the Ugandans are to be lumped in with DRC for the #Ebola epidemic. As of this writing, there have been hundreds of deaths and over 1000 cases in Congo, whereas Uganda has had only 9 cases -- three Congolese, four medical workers who treated them, one driver who drove them, and one other known contact. Only one person has died in Uganda, a Congolese. So when WHO and Al Jazeera talks about the Ebola epidemic in "Congo and Uganda," it's like saying because there are wildfires in California, you should cancel a trip to the Grand Canyon because some Californians lit a campfire there. Yes, it is possible it *could* spread and you have to be vigilant, but these two situations are nowhere near the same magnitude. As of this writing, the only Ugandan death has been the tourism industry.

EBOLA: Africa Is Not a Dumping Ground for Western Fears America wants to protect itself from Ebola by moving its exposed citizens to Kenya, a country with no recorded cases of the disease. In plain language, the United States does not want the risk on its own soil, so it wants to move that risk to Africa. Kenya’s High Court has now suspended the plan, blocking any Ebola-related quarantine, isolation, or treatment center tied to the US or any foreign government. The case, brought by the Katiba Institute, argued that the plan posed a threat to life if allowed to proceed without proper safeguards. This is bigger than one facility. It is about how Africa is still treated as a convenient dumping ground for Western fears. When the risk is too dangerous for America, it suddenly becomes acceptable for Africans. Ruto’s government must answer a serious question: why should Africa carry a public health risk that America refuses to carry for itself?