Trezor launches education initiative in Africa, funds Bitcoineta trip

The hardware cryptocurrency wallet steadfast Trezor has continued its efforts to promote Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition globally by launching a caller acquisition inaugural successful Africa.

The Trezor Academy was officially launched astatine the Trezor-backed Africa Bitcoin Conference successful Ghana’s superior of Accra connected Dec. 4, the steadfast announced to Cointelegraph.

The academy is an acquisition programme focused connected spreading Bitcoin cognition successful Africa. Previously launched arsenic a aviator successful 2023, the programme aims to supply in-person meetups led by section Bitcoin experts and alteration a level for section individuals to larn astir the imaginable of Bitcoin.

According to Trezor’s blog, the Trezor Academy aviator has been progressive successful Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya. Throughout 2024, the institution plans to acceptable up academies successful much than 10 caller African countries and amended hundreds much section educators to dispersed cognition astir Bitcoin.

“Bitcoin adoption is possibly much applicable successful Africa than connected immoderate different continent,” Trezor CEO Matej Zak said, adding that its properties supply respective benefits related to section initiatives similar outgo schemes, microfinancing and savings.

As portion of Trezor’s acquisition programme successful Africa, the steadfast besides funds Bitcoineta, a Bitcoin-themed car dedicated to spreading Bitcoin consciousness successful the West African region, peculiarly successful Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The Bitcoineta consciousness programme was primitively launched successful 2018 by non-profits Bitcoin Argentina and Bitcoin Americana, with the campaign’s sanction referring to an abbreviation from “Bitcoin” and “camioneta,” the Spanish connection for minivan.

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According to Trezor, the African Bitcoineta run is being launched with Ghana’s Bitcoin acquisition initiative, Bitcoin Cowries. As portion of the campaign, a Bitcoineta-branded Land Rover volition circuit the Economic Community of West African States, taking the Bitcoin connection to agrarian communities and schools crossed the region.

Trezor-backed Bitcoineta Land Rover astatine the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023. Source: Trezor

According to the announcement, the African Bitcoineta roadworthy travel started connected Dec. 1. Trezor said the vehicle's advancement volition beryllium shared via the authoritative Bitcoineta X (formerly Twitter) relationship and documented done video blogs and different media channels.

Trezor noted that the Trezor Academy has been made imaginable by the enactment of the Bitcoin community, including 21 euros from each merchantability of Trezor’s constricted edition, Bitcoin-only mentation of its Trezor Safe 3 hardware wallet, launched successful October 2023.

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