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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by subsaharancoder on Friday March 19, 2021 @05:53PM (#26518493)
You don't need a smartphone to enable cellphone financial transactions, check out Kenya's Safaricom Mpesa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa which is SIM card based, doesn't use any data, has the option of using USSD or Mobile App. It's already available in Egypt.
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by xeromal on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:50PM (#26520050)
You missed his last point though. Cashless payments are not a goal in and of themselves. What benefit do these people gain?
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by Aperocky on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:32PM (#26527421)
It's more safe and more convenient?
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by warkdarrior on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:19PM (#26518705)
What do University of South Sudan denars have to do with Kenya?
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by subsaharancoder on Friday March 19, 2021 @07:08PM (#26519090)
Can't tell if you're being serious or just trolling, but I'll bite so here you go USSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstructured_Supplementary_Ser...
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