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 “Why bitcoin? With bitcoin, no one is going to ask you ‘Where is your national ID?’
Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, providing a home to over 1.6 million refugees and asylum seekers.
Refugees in Uganda lack identification — a national ID — so they have no way of opening up bank accounts.

#società #diritti-umani

https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankcorva/2024/06/28/refugees-in-uganda-turn-to-bitcoin-due-to-national-id-restrictions/