Africa Blockchain Festival 2026: what three days in Nairobi did

Inkryptus was the title sponsor of Africa Blockchain Festival 2026, held at Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi from 15 to 17 October 2026. Over three days the team ran six sessions on the programme and a booth at the main entrance, where many visitors opened their first crypto account with one of us beside them. Our user base in Kenya grew by more than 20% around the festival.

What is Africa Blockchain Festival?

Africa Blockchain Festival brings the people building the continent's digital economy into one place: founders, developers, investors, banks, mobile money operators and regulators. Its first edition was in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2025. The 2026 edition moved to Nairobi and carried our name: Africa Blockchain Festival 2026, powered by Inkryptus. The organisers ran the event and its programme; as title sponsor, Inkryptus was its main partner, on stage and on the exhibition floor.

What did Inkryptus present on stage?

Six moments on the programme, five of them on the main stage:

• Opening Ceremony and Closing Remarks, by Pierre L. Pereira, co-founder and CEO.
• Crypto Beyond Cryptocurrency, a keynote by Antony Mlelwa (Trizy Magno).
• Adopting Crypto Responsibly, a fireside chat with Keega Gakuua, lawyer at Inkryptus.
• DeFi and Consumer Finance for African Markets, a panel with Pierre L. Pereira.
• Your First Crypto in 30 Minutes, a hands-on workshop for people new to crypto, run by Allen, Evodia and Lilian in the Makunga Room.
• Inside the Inkryptus App, a live demo by Charity Saul and Patrick Guedes.

The thread through all six was the one Inkryptus is built on: crypto should work for somebody who has never used it, and every claim about it should be something a person can check for themselves.

What happened at the booth?

The booth sat at the main entrance on the first two days. The team helped visitors install the app, open an account and make their first operation on the spot, phone in hand, with somebody beside them to answer the questions a first step always brings.

That is where the festival showed up in our numbers. Many of the accounts opened on those days were registered at the booth, and our user base in Kenya grew by more than 20% around the festival.

What did the press say?

CoinAfrica interviewed Pierre L. Pereira at the festival. He described the problem Inkryptus exists to solve, that crypto is still too complex for most people to start with, and what the company wants instead: "Our goal is to make crypto accessible to everyone." He put it more simply a moment later: "If my mom can use it, anyone can use it."

In its coverage of the festival's close, CoinAfrica named Inkryptus as the title sponsor, listed the team among the speakers and noted the live demo of the app.

Where can I see more?

The festival page is now the recap: the sessions, the photographs and the coverage in one place. Every photograph from the booth is on the press page, free to reuse alongside a piece about Inkryptus with a credit to Inkryptus. For how Inkryptus came to East Africa, see Inkryptus opens its first offices in Africa.

What comes next?

The accounts opened in Nairobi are the start of the work rather than its result. The team in Kenya keeps helping people take that same first step, through the app's support. If you were at the festival and did not reach the booth, the app is the one we showed there.

Inkryptus is not offered in every jurisdiction, and access is blocked from some of them. The list is in the Risk Disclaimer. It is your responsibility to check whether using Inkryptus is permitted where you live. Crypto is volatile, and nothing in this post is financial advice.