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by exdsq 1774 days ago
> I'd be shocked if most people in Nigeria even have a personal computer and reliable internet. That's how impoverished most of them are.

I did a little research on this for a job last year and internet access/mobile phone ownership numbers are far higher than I expected. Mobile payments are already a very common form of transaction in Africa. The Gates Foundation mentioned that one of the big issues with their current infrastructure is middle-men fees when talking about remittances between African countries through to mobile credit, so crypto is actually a strong candidate to improve that area too.

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Why do people use Africa and Nigeria interchangeably?
In this context they have similar mobile and internet coverage (excluding South Africa)