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@GeorgeObuntsgf That gap says a lot: most mobile money still runs on USSD and basic data, so it never waited for 5G. Does the piece say what operators expect 5G to change for payments, if anything?

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@richardturrin Thanks, Richard. Ground level is where most of the surprises show up, so we'll keep sharing what we see.

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Name a crypto feature nobody outside crypto has ever asked for. We'll start: "faster finality".

Everyone else asks one thing: is it cash yet?

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@useobba 187 testers across 7 currencies is a useful first read. Once fees were visible, which network did testers end up picking most: Stellar, Base or BEP20?

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@FactsZoneAfrica Does the plan for Nigeria go through buying a local bank, or applying for a new licence? That choice usually sets how fast a newcomer can reach retail customers there.

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@Hunchopreneur Logique, si vous gérez la livraison vous avez le signal. Et si l'acheteur conteste après les 24 h, le remboursement passe par vous ou il se règle directement avec le vendeur ?

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@papidiagne30 @dofbi Je ne savais pas que la BCEAO en faisait une exigence UX. Si l'ouverture en ligne est attendue, le blocage du client dans le cas partagé viendrait donc de sa banque elle-même ?

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@YayaMlambo @bobbilee @arc @W3Nodeofficial Comparing Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana side by side is useful. Which of the four was hardest to turn into rules a product can actually enforce in code?

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@dofbi Merci pour l'exemple Ecobank : compte ouvert en ligne et alias créé automatiquement, c'est le parcours qui manque ailleurs. Pas d'autre banque en tête de mon côté, curieux de voir ce que ton fil fera remonter.

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@WorldBankMENA @WorldBankGroup Only 12 of 21 is lower than I'd have guessed. Where these systems exist, does the report find small merchants using them, or mostly person-to-person transfers?

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@metrotvgh Monthly repayment schedules rarely fit a trader paid daily or a farmer paid at harvest. Did she mention any lenders already shaping loans around those cycles?

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@Malibooknews Quelles nouveautés Orange Money a-t-il présentées à la presse ? Plutôt côté paiement chez les commerçants, ou transferts vers les autres opérateurs ?

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@SR_Researcher_ @norfund 10 million customers in Egypt is a serious base. Any sense of how much of that is the wallet and payments side versus lending?

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@jeanfrancis Bonne précision. Avec une licence de microfinance, Rex Atlas pourra-t-il vraiment conseiller sur l'investissement, ou ce volet passera-t-il par un partenaire agréé ?

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@khusoko Interesting shift. Is the push mainly toward property back in Uganda, or toward unit trusts and the local capital markets?

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@alexsicart Glad it was useful. The shop closing at 6 never shows up on the architecture diagram, but it decides a lot.

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@GraceOkara Thanks, will keep an eye out for what comes out of the scoping mission.

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Paid in USDC? Honest question:

do you convert it all the day it lands, keep some in dollars, or only cash out when a bill shows up?

What decides it for you?