On 18 September 2026, BitKwa posted a recap video marking the end of Phase 1 of Sats On The Road. A follow‑up post thanked the communities that made it possible.
Sats On The Road is a Bitcoin road trip run by BitKwa. The crew drives a wrapped car from town to town, sets people up with non‑custodial wallets, onboards merchants to Lightning payments, and trains a local educator at each stop to continue the work after the car leaves.
Who runs Sats On The Road?
BitKwa is a nonprofit based in Kwara State, Nigeria, working to make the state a hub for Bitcoin adoption through education, advocacy and partnerships. Its founder and executive director, Ayobami Atolagbe, known as Coach Ayobami, convenes the project. BitKwa's programmes include the Bitkwa Bitcoin Diploma, which opened applications for a third cohort this year.
Sats On The Road route: Lagos to Dakar
The planned route is 14,820 km from Lagos to Dakar along the West African coast, with an inland leg through Ouagadougou. Three of 11 legs are complete: Lagos to Cotonou, Cotonou to Lomé, and Lomé to Ouagadougou, passing through Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso. Ouagadougou to Accra is listed next, followed by Abidjan, Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry, Bissau, Banjul and Dakar.
The project's four rules: meet people at markets, ports and roadside stalls rather than at conferences; install only non‑custodial wallets, with each owner writing their own seed phrase; test every flow against 2G, USSD phones and unreliable power; and leave a trained local educator in every town.
Sats On The Road Phase 1 results
The dashboard on satsontheroad.africa reports:
- 3,000+ km driven
- 20+ merchants accepting Lightning
- 22 local educators trained and equipped
- 0.02 BTC circulated through merchant rails
Two stops are written up on the site. In Cotonou, the crew set up a Lightning wallet for a fabric seller named Aïcha on a five‑year‑old Android and paid her in sats for two metres of wax print. Her words, as quoted: "It's the first money I own without a bank's permission." The stop recorded 11 merchants onboarded. Cotonou is also home to Bitcoin Mastermind, a project partner.
In Lomé, the team ran a class for 43 students from the back of the car, using two laptops and a projector. Each student left with a wallet, a backup and 1,000 sats.
The inland leg ended in Ouagadougou, where Conférence Bitcoin Afrique held its 2026 edition from 17 to 19 April. BitKwa posted from the city alongside Modibe Matsepane of Fedi, and the project's gallery includes photos from the conference stage.
How to support Sats On The Road
BitKwa posts as @BitKwaofficial. The Fuel the truck page takes Lightning donations at bitkwa@blink.sv and on‑chain, and the project has a Geyser campaign for the same purpose.