South Africa's Rocky Balboa: Bitcoin Ekasi Community Leader Aims to Complete in Ironman World Champs

Podcast: new renaissance capital · Frank Corva

Opublikowano: 2026-08-12

On this episode of new renaissance capital, Frank sits down with Akhona Mabuto Livingstone, better known as "The Orange Rocket" in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Akhona is a part of both the Bitcoin Ekasi (https://bitcoinekasi.com/) and The Surfer Kids (https://www.thesurferkids.com/) communities. With the Surfer Kids project, he teaches children how to swim and surf in an after school program. For his work, he's paid in bitcoin. In 2018, he became interested in triathlon after completing the swim leg of a triathlon for a three-person team with whom he entered the race...