Not all are on the small minigrids that we do. Some are using larger deployments, like the Big Block guys in Congo with 5MW (and growing) or some new guys in Ethiopia about to turn on 20MW.
We’re two weeks away and things are coming together quite nicely for the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Mining Summit in Nairobi.
It’s really about miners in Africa being able to meet up in-person, learn from each other, share, and to build a community. 
They’ve been growing fairly quickly in Africa for the past decade. A boom would come if the financing for them was deployed in a newer model.
Geothermal is pretty amazing energy tech. Not just the massive 200MW locations, but the small “non-viable for commercial” ones too. 
But you don’t even mine. :)
You’d be welcome to join if you like though.
Next month I’m Nairobi we have the first African Bitcoin Miners Summit and have miners from African 9 countries represented. Should be fun!
Final thoughts on this.
Installing medium sized bitcoin datacentres at generation stations could solve this. Any/All of the datacentres can be switched off in seconds and the power immediately made available.
It’s like an inverse peaker plant that earns money + stabilizes the grid.
This is what the Chair of Kenya Power had to say (image): 
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Meanwhile. Small hydro site in upcountry Kenya is still plugging away with no disruptions and we’re hashing. So not all bad! :)
12 hours with no power across Kenya due to a fault at a generation site.
That’s bad, but not nearly as bad as the international airport not having any power due to the backup generation there being down and flights being sent 4 hours away to South Africa. Embarrassing. 
Looking forward to this one! nostr:note12q0gunzwvht025v8345yk50k2ylwcvtyc76zhhrf7n4ydlmjdersdker2w
Great to finally connect IRL with nostr:npub1xrp77delmxgr0ef2y0psyfddecte3r6f9qn4mgp92y2kk8hl7spsl0jz7j! 
Kazi ni kazi. The team getting to it as we build the next container. 
Looks like it was taken here!
Peaceful.
Early mornings are the best.
Back in Kenya with a thousand and one things to catch up on. And it’s cold!
Ok, that’s a wrap here in Zambia. All checked out and running.
I should probably do a more in-depth write up sometime. It might be best to say that there’s a lot more that goes into a bitcoin mining site than just running miners! https://nostr.build/av/6eb9ff0a1fa97944deda92358e0b0986209f98686dfa4ac42bc1ee1ed6900dcb.mov
Hah. We don’t even wish for Grubhub. Just grill our own and enjoy the river at night.
Here’s our camp on the Zambezi (Starlink included). 