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Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I started my journey with Bitcoin in a little bit of a sad way

I started my journey with Bitcoin in a little bit of a sad way

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- I started my journey with Bitcoin
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in a little bit of a sad way.
Duration
7 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:06
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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This documentary follows the journey of Bitcoin pioneers as the African continent seeks to leverage cryptocurrency to increase their independency from a banking system that fails them.
- My son, right here on the wall. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
- My son, right here on the wall.
In 2007, I gave birth to a baby boy. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
In 2007, I gave birth to a baby boy.
His name was called Pako, which means praise. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
His name was called Pako, which means praise.
He was born with a heart defect - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:07
He was born with a heart defect
I was looking for ways in which I can raise money - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:06
I was looking for ways in which I can raise money
It was kind of difficult here in Botswana - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:06
It was kind of difficult here in Botswana
One time, the doctor told me - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
One time, the doctor told me
But they said to me, "For us to be able to help your son, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:16
But they said to me, "For us to be able to help your so...
Then I remember I got across a survey - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:07
Then I remember I got across a survey
I went through that, worked my heart out. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
I went through that, worked my heart out.
I never got any Bitcoins from the work that I did. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
I never got any Bitcoins from the work that I did.
And then in April, on the 4th, my son died, so yeah. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:06
And then in April, on the 4th, my son died, so yeah.
The first time I heard about Bitcoin - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
The first time I heard about Bitcoin
So when he died, I felt like I have lost the purpose - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
So when he died, I felt like I have lost the purpose
Something was just nagging me in my head, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:09
Something was just nagging me in my head,
It's no longer about my son, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
It's no longer about my son,
I will group together people - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
I will group together people
But before the meet-up, I did a video, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
But before the meet-up, I did a video,
I did an old t-shirt with my Bitcoin address - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:06
I did an old t-shirt with my Bitcoin address
Even by then I don't even understand what Bitcoin was. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
Even by then I don't even understand what Bitcoin was.