Bitcoin in Africa: The Success Story of a Tunisian Entrepreneur
As we constantly point out, Bitcoin is an excellent entry gate to financial services, crowd-funding and e-commerce for the citizens of this world who live in countries where the banking infrastructure is, at best, outdated. CryptoCoinsNews met a Tunisian entrepreneur who successfully launched a Bitcoin marketplace for website themes. How Bitcoin Is Empowering People from Africa. Zied Hosni is 32 years old. Working in Tunisia as a web developer in a large French group, he has always been passionate about computers and the Internet: I love what I do: the Web is truely my passion. With the....
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