Forbes:

How Africans Are Using #Bitcoin Without Internet Access

The USSD protocol allows forwarding request to online applications that bitcoin users can tap into by dialing a code like *483*8333# in Kenya, for example, to interact with the Machankura app even if the phone doesn’t have internet connectivity.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/03/15/how-africans-are-using-bitcoin-without-internet-access/

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Africa is certainly the ground for most organic adoption of Bitcoin. The main mode of payment in Africa is mobile money and everybody can use it even without a smartphone. I recon that @jack has been working closely with some communities and Binance is quite active in the continent (for their own reasons) but we can do so much more! #cryptoAfrica

Machankura, the solution for Bitcoin in Nigeria.