Conference Bitcoin Afrique Brings a Bitcoin-Only Gathering to Francophone Africa
The inaugural Conference Bitcoin Afrique gathered a French-speaking, Bitcoin-only community in Douala, creating a distinctive regional forum for education, adoption, and developer and business connections.
From April 25 to 27, 2025, the first Conference Bitcoin Afrique was held in Douala, Cameroon. The gathering was designed specifically for the French-speaking African Bitcoin community and brought participants from multiple African countries and abroad for talks on savings, payments, policy, business, and Bitcoin education.
The event was deliberately Bitcoin-only and French-language, addressing a regional gap in a conference ecosystem that had often been dominated by English-language programming. Organizers framed Douala as a hub for a wider Francophone network rather than treating the conference as a general cryptocurrency event.
Post-event reporting from African Bitcoiners described more than 200 attendees. The conference added a distinct cultural and geographic marker to Bitcoin's African history by documenting a growing Francophone community organizing around Bitcoin on its own terms and in its own language.