Gallery
Scenes and context around the walk
Real images from Soweto West, Kibera — the Bitcoin murals, the merchants who accept sats, and the streets where the circular economy operates day to day.
From the walk
Soweto West, up close
These images are from the neighbourhood itself — the same streets, walls, and shops you will walk through on the tour.
A street in Soweto West
This is the street. The "Bitcoin is freedom" mural on the right has become a landmark in the neighbourhood — a reference point for residents and the first thing most visitors photograph when the walk begins.
"Bitcoin is freedom" — up close
Painted on the corner of a community building near the school, this is the mural that most Soweto West residents can point to as the start of something shifting. The orange wall is visible from two streets away.
Krezzy 'Kicks — Bitcoin accepted
A shoe shop in Soweto West with a Bitcoin logo and "accepted here" painted on the door. The owner completed the Afribit training and takes Lightning payments. No card machine. No bank account needed on either side of the transaction.
Soweto West connected — Tando, Bitcoin Beach, Bitcoin Ekasi
This wall maps Soweto West's connections to the wider Bitcoin world: Tando (the Lightning/M-Pesa bridge built here), Bitcoin Beach from El Salvador, and Bitcoin Ekasi from South Africa. The "6 West" marker is the neighbourhood's own tag.
Bitcoin Dada — Ein und Zwanzig
"Dada" means sister in Swahili. Bitcoin Dada is the women's outreach initiative embedded in the Afribit circular economy. "Ein und Zwanzig" is German for 21 — a reference to Bitcoin's fixed supply of 21 million coins, understood by residents here as well as in Berlin.
Blink and Trezor Academy
Blink is the Lightning wallet used during the walk — it is how payments are made at each merchant stop. Trezor Academy marks the hardware wallet education program available in the neighbourhood. The Kenyan flag stripes are painted by residents.
See it in person
The images are only a starting point. The real experience is the walk itself, the conversations, and the people you meet along the way.
Book the TourImage attributions: “A main street in Kibera” — SuSanA Secretariat / CC BY 2.0. “Kibera from above” — Evans Dims / Unsplash License. All other images taken in Soweto West, Kibera by Susan.