6 sats \ 0 replies \ @tim_nice_but_dim 24 Feb 2023 \ on: bitcoin tanzania project bitcoin
Hi Grayson, great initiative. I'm from Scotland but visited Tanzania many years ago to climb Kilimanjaro, wonderful place. Since my visit i've often thought about how Bitcoin could allow Tanzania to benefit more from its tourism. When i visited it was incredibly hard to find a company organising trekking and safari packages that was fully owned and run by Tanzanians. I had to do a lot of extra work to use one and send a bank transfer to Tanzania. Most seemed to be run by companies based in Europe or America because they could access banking with visa payments facilities. As a result a large portion of the costs of packages seemed to go to foreign travel operators rather than the local guides and operators. With Bitcoin i think local operators could easily outcompete companies based abroad by cutting out the payment middlemen.
Good luck with your initiative. I'll send some sats your way!