Machankura: Bitcoin via USSD across Africa (without internet access)

.ical

2022-11-16 09:50–10:10, Galoy Stage

Language: English

Machankura is a Bitcoin service that is giving people without internet connected devices the ability to send and receive Bitcoin. This is done through USSD (which works on any phone with a GSM connection through a live prompt and response session) similar to how Mobile Money digital payments are implemented. The service is now live in 9 countries and counting.

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Machankura is a Bitcoin service that is giving people without internet connected devices the ability to send and receive Bitcoin. This is done through USSD (which works on any phone with a GSM connection through a live prompt and response session) similar to how Mobile Money digital payments are implemented. The service is now live in 9 countries and counting.

Youtube:
https://youtu.be/yknBN08hWOY

Bitcoin TV:
https://bitcointv.com/w/jGtqQ7Cv4Yiuy8ByLFJYmF

See also: Machankura Adopting Bitcoin Slides (6.3 MB)

Kgothatso Ngako

Kgothatso Ngako is a software developer born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. Working on projects that make Bitcoin more accessible in his community.

This speaker also appears in:

• Africa: Independence through bitcoin
• How to avoid the same problems that occurred in the development of energy access between cities and remote areas to ensure the most inclusive adoption of bitcoin including users, miners and node