Seven graduates of Sats4Safari's two online Bitcoin cohorts met in person on October 18 in Kisumu Ndogo, a neighborhood in Nairobi's Kibera. Six new faces hoping to join its third cohort came too, bringing the group to 13, the community posted on X the next day.

Sats4Safari's founder, Susan, had taught both cohorts online. In September, she launched a campaign on Geyser for the community's first in‑person meetup.

Here's what happened at the meetup, how Sats4Safari teaches Bitcoin and how its guided walk in Kibera works.

What Happened at the Kisumu Ndogo Bitcoin Meetup

The group explored Bitcoin, shared sats and discussed how to keep them circulating within the community, according to Sats4Safari. It credited Mercy Aloo and Damiano Magak for the meetup.

Susan's campaign page said the meetup would let graduates meet face‑to‑face, ask questions, practice using Bitcoin and make transactions. It set a $120 goal to welcome at least 30 people, with contributions going to drinks, sats for hands‑on transactions and printed materials for merchants. "Just $4 can help one person join," Sats4Safari posted in September.

How Sats4Safari Teaches Bitcoin

Sats4Safari: Bitcoin Meetup and Guided Walk in Kibera — photo

Susan has lived and worked in Kibera for years and is a certified My First Bitcoin educator. Her cohorts follow the Bitcoin Diploma, My First Bitcoin's free, open‑source course that started in El Salvador. In her first two cohorts, participants learned about money, Bitcoin, wallets, transactions, mining and how the Bitcoin network works.

How Sats4Safari's Guided Bitcoin Walk in Kibera Works

Sats4Safari also runs a three‑hour guided walk through Kibera, which Susan leads for groups of up to six. It starts at Adams Greenhouse, on the edge of Kibera, and ends at a café. Along the way, it stops at a food vendor in Soweto West, a neighborhood duka, or shop, a local barber and a community hub.

Visitors pay in sats as they go: a snack or tea from the food vendor, and airtime or soap at the duka.

"On the walk, I do not tell guests what to think," Susan writes on the Sats4Safari site. "I bring them to the people and the places, I provide context, and I stay close enough to answer questions honestly."

"Kibera is often defined by what it lacks, but I see resilience, entrepreneurship, innovation, and people building their own future," she said in a video promoting the campaign.

The walks are also meant to draw locals in. When people see visitors paying with Bitcoin at a local business, they ask what it is and whether they can learn too, Susan wrote. That curiosity can lead to a class or the next Bitcoin Diploma cohort.

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