The Morning Call
Online banking ins Africa is a growing industry. But, across the continent, communities who do not have access to the internet, still struggle to jump on the bandwagon of the financial future. Humaniq is a new kind of mobile bank, unchained from the massive ledger most bitcoin users are required to keep. The project aims to create a wallet with a single idigita signature for each user. The software will be designed to work on even the cheapest of android phones, ensuring maximum adoptability.
The Morning Call interviews Alakanani Itireleng, known as the Bitcoing Botswana lady.
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