# CD205: JASON - TANDO - SPEND BITCOIN ANYWHERE IN KENYA

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Podcast: [Citadel Dispatch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/citadel-dispatch-1365851)
Published: 2026-06-09T18:27:31+00:00
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## Resource

Jason joins to discuss Tando, a Bitcoin payments app in Kenya that connects Lightning to M-PESA. We get into why M-PESA dominates Kenyan payments, how Tando lets Bitcoiners spend sats anywhere M-PESA is accepted, and why pragmatic fiat bridges help bootstrap real Bitcoin circular economies. Then we discuss phone numbers as financial identities, Lightning addresses for Kenyan phone numbers, KYC-free Bitcoin flows, merchant adoption, AI-assisted development, upcoming Kenya Bitcoin events, and the changing regulatory environment. Tando: https://tando.me/ Tando on X: https://x.com/tando_me Tando on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs97ekh6cxykm34l0m5ddrlymhj9rxrys3jemtf90psy3nysum0lkcvrgxmd Bitcoin Kenya: https://bitcoin.co.ke EPISODE: 205 BLOCK: 952989 PRICE: 1640 sats per dollar more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com learn more about me: https://odell.xyz monitor the situation: https://citadelwire.com ten31: https://ten31.xyz opensats: https://opensats.org

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