“It was the best of times…. it was the worst of times.… it was a KYC puzzle.
Botswana’s race against mandatory SIM card registration deadline was a tale for the cellphone industry history books.
It was a study in industry contradictions: Inconvenience jostled cheek by jowl with convenience, unease with ease, certainty with uncertainty and comfort with discomfort.
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