Home of Africa's first generation of female Bitcoin developers. Catalyst @marcelorraine
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We're incredibly proud to see Dada Devs builders making their mark at @btcplusplus Nairobi, contributing to projects tackling some of Bitcoin's most important challenges—from privacy and open-source development to financial access, developer reputation, and funding innovation.
Across the hackathon, Dadas helped build projects that didn't just participate—they stood out.
🏆 Out of 37 competing projects, teams featuring Dada Devs secured multiple awards and top placements:
A female developer’s backpack: part tech kit, part survival kit🤣. You never know what the day will demand! 🧡
What's one thing you'll never leave out of your backpack?
#DadaDevs #BitcoinDevelopment #BuildForAfrica
One thing you’ll notice about all the hackathon projects? Problem = Solution. ⚡️
These developers didn’t just build for the sake of building. They used Bitcoin and freedom tech to create tools that tackle real problems and meet real needs.
That’s what building with purpose looks like. 🧡
#DadaDevs #Hack4Freedom #BitcoinDevelopment #BuildFromAfrica
🧡 Follow Dada Devs for more developer resources, or visit DadaDevs.com to learn more about us and how to get started with Bitcoin development.
#DadaDevs #BitcoinDevelopment #Hackathons #OpenSource
DADA DEVS retweeted
Thanks for the spotlight @DadaDevs and many gratitude to you as well; You're the charge behind the touch that makes us shine. You've provided mentorship, opportunities and sometimes well-deserved criticism that makes us better devs.
Cheers 🥂 and may the impact keep growing
Two years of building, growth, and impact. 🧡⚡️
Hear from our founder, @marcelorraine , and our Devs as they reflect on the journey so far and what the next five years hold for Dada Devs.
The journey continues. 👀
#DadaDevs #BitcoinDevelopment #AfricanDevelopers
Who says women in tech can’t code, create, AND catch a vibe? 😎💻💃🏽
#DadaDevs #WomenInTech #AfricanDevelopers
Africa is not just adopting Bitcoin. African women are building it.
We built Dada Devs with the hope of creating a better ecosystem for African women in Bitcoin — one where women have access to the technical training, mentorship, resources, and opportunities they need to move from learning about Bitcoin to actively building and contributing to it.
That vision is taking shape.
Through Dada Devs, we are creating pathways for women to develop their technical skills, contribute to open-source projects, explore Bitcoin infrastructure, and build solutions of their own. We want African women to be more than participants in this ecosystem. We want them to help shape its future.
@su_githaiga @nkatha_kk @Salma_Adam_KE @junearsenic7 and @nnakhero are five of the women doing that work. Their journeys reflect what becomes possible when women have the support and space to grow into technical contributors.
And they are just a fraction of what is happening at Dada Devs. There are more women learning, building, contributing, and finding their place in this ecosystem.
We started with a hope for a better future for African women in Bitcoin. Seeing that future begin to take shape through their work is a reminder of why we do this.
Meet the five African women contributing to the future of Bitcoin. Discover what they’re building, the work they’re contributing to, and how Dada Devs is helping create more pathways for African women in Bitcoin development.
Read the full story. 👇🏾
dadadevs.com/what-happens-wh…
#dadadevs #opensource
DADA DEVS retweeted
Hack4Freedom Nairobi 2026 gave me some of my favourite moments this year
Building Resilience🦋and learning from an incredible team
WE GOT 2ND PLACE🏆
Grateful to the organisers for the opportunity and my teammates for the journey
@hack4_freedom @DadaDevs @evento_so @btrustteam
DADA DEVS retweeted
Thank you so much for highlighting this 😃 Grateful for everything @DadaDevs does to support developers
A Dada Devs (@DadaDevs) alumna is now contributing to open-source Bitcoin mining firmware.
Susan Githaiga (@Su_Githaiga) contributed to Mujina, simplifying part of its codebase by replacing an external library with two built-in functions.
This is what grassroots Bitcoin education can lead to: women moving from learning to building.
Check the reply below for the link to read the full story 👇🏾
DADA DEVS retweeted
Can’t believe what we’ve accomplished in Nairobi! What an incredibly talented group of builders ♥️
Thank you @btrustteam @SoapboxTech @DadaDevs @ibrahim_sekinah for bringing this H4F to life!
For the rest of the year, we’ll be focusing on our community of alumnae - and we have lots planned for 2027 👀
55 women. 10 open-source freedom tech projects shipped in two weeks in Nairobi 🇰🇪
Meet the winners of our biggest Hack4Freedom cohort yet 👇
blog.evento.so/hack4freedom-…
Same hackathon, different presentations.
The backend team explains the logic, while the frontend team gets the head nods and applause.
Sometimes, seeing is believing!
#DadaDevs #Hackathon #BuildonBitcoin
There are two types of devs: Those who live-demo and pray, and those who bring a pre-recorded video just in case the code senses an audience.
#DadaDevs
#Africanfemaledevelopers
#BuildonBitcoin
Meet Daisy Sawe, a software developer and Dada Devs Cohort 1 alumna. 🧡
Daisy’s journey has taken her from building on systems owned and controlled by others to exploring a different kind of technology: one built on decentralised systems and open protocols.
Recently, she was part of Team Resilience, which came 2nd place and won the Nostr Prize at the @hack4_freedom Nairobi Hackathon.
Their project uses Nostr to help survivors of gender-based violence communicate privately with a counsellor.
Daisy’s journey is a reminder of what happens when developers get the opportunity to explore new technologies, develop their skills, and build solutions that matter.
From our very first cohort to building solutions with real-world impact, this is the kind of progress we love to see from our Dadas. ⚡️
#DadaDevs #Nostr #AfricanDevelopers #BitcoinDevelopment
The joke is on the devs. The judges are just being professional. 😭😂
#DadaDevs #Developers #TechHumour
DADA DEVS retweeted
This was truly one of the most packed hackathons I’ve ever been a part of, learnt so much, interacted with brilliance, got to meet OG mentors in the space (*wink @tando_me @btrustteam @hack4_freedom ) built with #NOSTR (soo many NIPS)
Just lovely 😊
And just like that, The @hack4_freedom Hackathon Nairobi came to an end! 🇰🇪
After two weeks of learning, technical sessions, virtual bootcamp sessions, collaboration and building, the participants finally got to put everything into practice during the Hackathon.
Demo Day was a celebration of the ideas they developed, the problems they explored, and the solutions they built together.
And we’re especially proud to celebrate our Dadas who showed up, built, collaborated and made their mark. 🧡
🏆 1st Prize — Anza
Dadas on the team: @aishagojo , @steppepulse
🥈 2nd Prize — Resilience by Team Nostr Warriors
Dadas on the team: Adreen Nyawira, @mujojojayar , @GraciaMugoiri , @NNakhero , @DaisySawe
🏆 Nostr/Soapbox Prize — Nuru Women
Dadas on the team: @JoylizzaMwangi
