Trezor Academy Kenya Cohort 8: From Basics to Spending Sats

After the first day of Trezor Academy Kenya's eighth cohort, one participant said they had learned "how I can use Bitcoin on my business." Another talked about how Bitcoin differs from fiat currency.

Bitsavers EduHub, which runs the cohort, shared their video on October 20, Kenya's Mashujaa Day. It called them "Shujaa #1 and #2," using the Swahili word for hero.

35 new participants from Kenyatta University, JKUAT and KCA University joined the cohort, Bitsavers EduHub posted on October 17. By the second session on October 23, participants were buying sats with Bitika and spending them with Tando.

Here's what the first two sessions covered and who runs the cohort.

What Trezor Academy Kenya Cohort 8 Covered in Session 1

Hosted by Linda Kariuki, the first session explored what Bitcoin is, the history of money and "why Bitcoin wins," according to Bitsavers EduHub's Day One post. The post framed Bitcoin as "freedom, sovereignty, and hope for tomorrow."

It also focused on self‑custody, which means holding your own keys instead of leaving bitcoin with a company. Graysatoshi, founder of Bitcoin Safari TZ, was among the educators at the Senate Hotel in Juja and spoke on self‑custody, the group said in a recap posted on October 17.

What Session 2 Covered: Buying With Bitika, Spending With Tando

Session 2 was about how to use Bitcoin, according to Bitsavers EduHub's post. Participants looked at Bitcoin's divisibility and utility. Divisibility means one bitcoin splits into 100 million units called sats, so people can pay small amounts. They also covered wallets under the rule "your keys, your coins" and sent sats to each other around the room.

They bought their sats with Bitika, which sells bitcoin for M‑Pesa or Airtel Money. Buyers enter a phone number, confirm the payment prompt and paste a Lightning address or invoice from their own wallet, where the sats land. Purchases start at KES 10 and need no account, its site says.

They spent the sats with Tando, which works in the other direction. The Kenyan Lightning company, founded in 2024, connects Bitcoin to M‑Pesa so people can spend sats at merchants that don't accept Bitcoin. It says users pay zero fees.

The last session was schedule to take place on October 24. Bitsavers EduHub has not yet posted what it covered, and we'll add it to this story when it does.

Who Runs Trezor Academy Kenya Cohort 8

Bitsavers EduHub is a Nairobi‑based Bitcoin education group that teaches students, entrepreneurs and local communities and helps merchants start accepting Bitcoin. It says it has trained more than 500 students in more than 50 workshops, with 12 partner schools.

The cohort is part of Trezor Academy, a non‑profit Bitcoin education program founded by Josef Tětek.

Linda Kariuki founded Bitsavers EduHub and hosts Trezor Academy Kenya, according to her X bio. She is also a regional coordinator for African Students for Liberty.

Bitsavers EduHub also runs a Bitcoin Campus Caravan, which takes Bitcoin and financial freedom education to universities. It took the caravan to the Kisumu campus of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), the group posted on October 22.