I visited Somaliand in 2011. One thing I learned is how they had bootstrapped their own "mobile money" on feature phones. Here's the detailed trip report I wrote up.
atproto.nl
AT Protocol has no country field, so we publish two numbers: the Dutch accounts we can point to, and a modelled total of around 230.000.
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As a dude who just came back from A Very Expensive E-Bike Shop, I'm curious what the answer to this is. Particularly curious to know if China or India are in a different, more interoperable place? sfba.social/@ascentale/117096532240532224
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