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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by mikepurvis on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @04:21PM (#45828193)
"Modular. Distributed. Digital. Financed by the people using it, subsidized by the carbon it avoids."

Every second paragraph thinks it's Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone.

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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by tomalbrc on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @09:04PM (#45830584)
>It worked because it solved a real problem: Kenyans were already sending money through informal networks. M-PESA just made it cheaper and safer.

>Here’s why this matters: M-PESA created a payment rail with near-zero transaction costs. Which means you can economically collect tiny payments. $0.21 per day payments.

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