Buy bitcoin instantly with KES
From as low as KES 10, straight to your Lightning wallet via M-Pesa or Airtel. No account needed.
Buy Bitcoin in 3 steps
No complicated setup. No exchange accounts. Just KES in, sats out.
01
Enter Amount
Type how much KES you want to spend. See exactly how many sats you'll receive at the live market rate, with no surprises.
02
Add your wallet
Paste a Lightning address, an LNURL, or a BOLT11 invoice from your self-custodial wallet, or scan the QR. Bitcoin goes straight to you, no middleman and no exchange account.
03
Pay via M-Pesa & Receive
Enter your Safaricom or Airtel number and confirm the STK push. Sats land in your wallet in seconds.
Loading a self-custodial wallet?
Generate a BOLT11 invoice in your own wallet (Phoenix, Muun, Zeus, and more), paste it into Bitika, and pay with M-Pesa. Bitika settles the invoice and the sats land straight in your wallet. Your keys, your coins.
Don't have a wallet yet?
You need a Lightning wallet to receive your sats. Here are our top picks, all fully compatible with Bitika.
Blink
Custodial · Easiest
Perfect for beginners. Create a wallet in 30 seconds with just a phone number. No technical setup needed.
Muun
Self-custodial · Easiest
Hold your own keys without the hassle. Bitcoin and Lightning in one wallet, with a clean, secure setup and no channels to manage.
Phoenix
Self-custodial · Recommended
Hold your own keys. Seamless Lightning experience with automatic channel management and a beautiful UI.
Wallet of Satoshi
Custodial · Simple
The world's simplest Lightning wallet. Send and receive Bitcoin instantly with zero configuration.
Breez
Self-custodial
Non-custodial Lightning wallet with a clean interface, built-in podcast player, and Point of Sale mode.
Machankura
Non-custodial · No internet needed
Access Bitcoin via USSD, no smartphone or internet required. Built for Africa, works on any phone.
Dial *483*8333# (Kenya)Website
Zeus
Advanced · Self-custodial
For power users who want full control, including the ability to connect their own Lightning node.
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is open, digital money for anyone with a phone. It runs on a worldwide network that is online every hour of every day, so you can hold it yourself and send or receive value across the world in minutes.
There will only ever be 21 million bitcoin, a limit set and secured by the network itself. That scarcity, together with the fact that you fully own what you hold, is why people around the world use it to save and to transact.
What can you do with Bitcoin?
Save
Only 21 million bitcoin will ever exist, so many people hold it to save and protect the value of their money over time.
Transact anywhere
Pay for goods and services, or get paid from anywhere in the world, locally and across borders, for next to nothing.
Own your money
You hold and control your own coins directly, with no bank or middleman in between.
Open to everyone
All you need is a phone. No bank account, no paperwork, and no approval needed to take part.
Always on
The network never closes. Send or receive any day, any hour, and it settles in minutes.
Bitika in the community
Real people getting real sats, across Kenya and beyond.
Bitcoin Nairobi
Part of the conversation
From conference stages to exhibition booths, we help shape the future of money in Kenya and across Africa.
In the community
Buy Bitcoin, face to face
We show up at meetups and conferences across Kenya, helping people get their first sats with a friendly hand.
For everyone
Bitcoin, made simple
From students to mums, real people buy Bitcoin with Bitika in a couple of taps, and the sats land in seconds.
What people are saying
Real Kenyans stacking sats with Bitika.
