Barrels of Electrons... The Oil Equivalent of Bitcoin Mining

Africa’s hydro provides the next great energy boom, and Bitcoin is the monetization engine.

May 5 • 

Erik Hersman

March 2025

Offgrid Africa: Solar Kiosks and Stablecoins

Tether brings a new model to electrifying the continent

Mar 4 • 

Erik Hersman

February 2025

Unlocking Energy for 600M: The $20M Off-Grid Solution for Africa

A Scalable, Profitable Approach to Electrifying 600 Million People

Feb 6 • 

Erik Hersman

May 2023

A Blueprint for Bitcoin Mining and Energy in Africa

Reducing the electricity-access gap in underprivileged regions with minigrids and small-scale bitcoin data centers: An open-source blueprint for…

May 26, 2023 • 

Erik Hersman

November 2022

Banks, Borders, and Bitcoin in Africa

Why an L3 in Africa, pegged to Bitcoin, running through the Lightning Network disrupts everything

Nov 4, 2022 • 

Erik Hersman

September 2022

21st Century Villages

Small-scale, distributed Bitcoin mining as an economic enabler for renewable energy in rural Africa

Sep 26, 2022 • 

Erik Hersman

July 2022

A Practical Use of NFTs in Africa

JPEG art is cool, but real value in NFTs will be found in supply chains.

Jul 31, 2022 • 

Erik Hersman

November 2021

African Tech Hotlinks

Nov 9, 2021

Nov 9, 2021 • 

Erik Hersman

African Signals!

What's going on in African tech: Links, Deep-dives, and Stories

Nov 9, 2021 • 

Erik Hersman

October 2021