If your crypto education came from WhatsApp broadcasts, Twitter threads, and one unlucky friend who “entered early,” Luno thinks it is time for an intervention.
The UK-based crypto firm, which operates in four African countries, has partnered with AltSchool Africa, the Nigerian edtech platform, to train 15,000 Nigerians through a fully funded beginner course called “Demystifying Crypto for Africans,” which kicks off in March 2026 and will run in three cohorts across the year.
State of play: Luno’s rationale for a consumer-facing learning programme hinges on two considerations: crypto adoption in Nigeria is high, yet understanding is uneven. Many users know how to buy and sell, but not how wallets work, how to assess risk, or how scams actually happen. It says that this gap is expensive.
Between the lines: The course is designed to last three to four weeks and focuses on practical use. Learners will interact with wallets, exchanges, stablecoins, and research tools like CoinGecko and Etherscan. Once learners complete the course and pass the assessments, they receive an AltSchool certificate.
Luno frames this as a safety play. The company says better education leads to safer participation, especially as more Nigerians use crypto for savings, remittances, and cross-border payments.
Yet there are limits. Luno is opening the course to 15,000 students, which is a small number relative to Nigeria’s crypto population, and education alone will not clean up an industry full of bad actors. But formal, structured learning is still better than guessing. At the very least, fewer people may have to learn the hard way.
