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by icebraining 3592 days ago
But how would your startup make money, if your customers don't have credit cards and are broke?

How do you make something for the hand-to-mouth working class, who are neither so poor that you can coax the wealthier into donating, nor have any disposable income?

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The customers are broke because the quotes are in dollars, and the TSH is less valuable than USD. Which again another startup problem waiting to be solved.

The lack of credit card, is another problem that I have. Which is another startup problem waiting to be solved.

People pay if there is value in what you are offering.

How is the value of the Tanzanian shilling relative to the dollar a problem to solve with a startup?
I admit to over each on that statement. But my point still stands, with context of the example.

Buying things with local quotations might be good for the scenario.