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🧵When is crypto actually useful? In Africa: - Families send $10 from diaspora without fees - Digital wallets work without banks - Blockchain tracks crops, medicine, even diplomas Crypto isn't speculative here. It's survival tech. #Web3 #EmergingMarketTech #offvalley

🧵No keyboard. No app. No internet. In parts of rural Africa, chatbots work via: - IVR (voice menus) - Local-language voice prompts - SMS logic trees Designing tech *for* constraints = true innovation. #emergingmarkettech #CivicTech #InclusiveAI #offvalley

Most EdTech platforms come from Silicon Valley. @ShuleDirect comes from Tanzanian teachers — and offers curriculum-aligned content, in Swahili, online + SMS. Built by teachers, for students. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #EdTech #LocalContent #tanzania

How do small farmers access inputs? @tulaanews lets them save slowly via mobile money, then gives them access to seeds & fertilizers — *just in time* for planting season. Microfinance meets timing. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #AgriFinTech #LastMileFinance

Ushahidi was born in Kenya during political unrest. It maps violence, disaster, and need — by letting citizens report via SMS or web. Since then, it’s been used in 160+ countries. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #CrisisTech #CivicTech #Ushahidi

Electricity as a subscription. In Rwanda, families buy solar energy like phone credit — topping up weekly via mobile money. It’s clean, affordable, and pay-as-you-go. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #SolarTech #IoT #EnergyAccess

Google Translate doesn’t speak Swahili well. Or Yoruba. Or Amharic. Masakhane is changing that. They’re building NLP models *for Africans, by Africans* — open-source and community-led. #EmergingMarketTech #AIForAfrica #LanguageTech

Internet for classrooms with no internet. BRCK is a rugged router made for African schools. It works offline, syncs content via satellite, and runs on solar. This is so cool #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #TechInAfrica #DigitalLiteracy

No internet. No electricity. No problem. Introducing Kio Kit, a portable classroom in a box. It holds tablets, charges them, and broadcasts Wi-Fi — all solar-powered. #EmergingMarketTech #EdTech #OfflineFirst

Most people in emerging markets such as India and Africa don’t use smartphones — they use $15 feature phones. KaiOS runs YouTube, WhatsApp, Google Maps… all on a keypad phone. It’s not low-tech. It’s smart adaptation. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #UXDesign #TechForAll

Hello Tractor is like Uber — but for farmers. 🚜 In Nigeria, smallholder farmers book tractors via SMS. Owners get alerts, and tractors arrive on demand. It's shared economy solving food security. #EmergingMarketTech #AgriTech #ICT4D #offvalley

Before crypto, there was M-PESA. In Kenya, people send money, pay rent, and buy food using basic phones — no smartphone needed. It's Fintech without friction, and it scaled before Stripe or Venmo ever got global #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #TechForGood, #ICT4D #MPEsa

By bridging data streams & creating a comprehensive view of the retail ecosystem, we're empowering small merchants to make informed decisions & thrive in the digital age. 💪 Click to find out more⬇️⬇️ bit.ly/LiberaGlobalAI #LiberaGlobalAI #AIForGood #EmergingMarketTech

How do small farmers access inputs? @tulaanews lets them save slowly via mobile money, then gives them access to seeds & fertilizers — *just in time* for planting season. Microfinance meets timing. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #AgriFinTech #LastMileFinance

Most EdTech platforms come from Silicon Valley. @ShuleDirect comes from Tanzanian teachers — and offers curriculum-aligned content, in Swahili, online + SMS. Built by teachers, for students. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #EdTech #LocalContent #tanzania

Ushahidi was born in Kenya during political unrest. It maps violence, disaster, and need — by letting citizens report via SMS or web. Since then, it’s been used in 160+ countries. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #CrisisTech #CivicTech #Ushahidi

🧵No keyboard. No app. No internet. In parts of rural Africa, chatbots work via: - IVR (voice menus) - Local-language voice prompts - SMS logic trees Designing tech *for* constraints = true innovation. #emergingmarkettech #CivicTech #InclusiveAI #offvalley

🧵When is crypto actually useful? In Africa: - Families send $10 from diaspora without fees - Digital wallets work without banks - Blockchain tracks crops, medicine, even diplomas Crypto isn't speculative here. It's survival tech. #Web3 #EmergingMarketTech #offvalley

Internet for classrooms with no internet. BRCK is a rugged router made for African schools. It works offline, syncs content via satellite, and runs on solar. This is so cool #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #TechInAfrica #DigitalLiteracy

Electricity as a subscription. In Rwanda, families buy solar energy like phone credit — topping up weekly via mobile money. It’s clean, affordable, and pay-as-you-go. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #SolarTech #IoT #EnergyAccess

Most people in emerging markets such as India and Africa don’t use smartphones — they use $15 feature phones. KaiOS runs YouTube, WhatsApp, Google Maps… all on a keypad phone. It’s not low-tech. It’s smart adaptation. #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #UXDesign #TechForAll

Google Translate doesn’t speak Swahili well. Or Yoruba. Or Amharic. Masakhane is changing that. They’re building NLP models *for Africans, by Africans* — open-source and community-led. #EmergingMarketTech #AIForAfrica #LanguageTech

Before crypto, there was M-PESA. In Kenya, people send money, pay rent, and buy food using basic phones — no smartphone needed. It's Fintech without friction, and it scaled before Stripe or Venmo ever got global #offvalley #EmergingMarketTech #TechForGood, #ICT4D #MPEsa

Hello Tractor is like Uber — but for farmers. 🚜 In Nigeria, smallholder farmers book tractors via SMS. Owners get alerts, and tractors arrive on demand. It's shared economy solving food security. #EmergingMarketTech #AgriTech #ICT4D #offvalley

No internet. No electricity. No problem. Introducing Kio Kit, a portable classroom in a box. It holds tablets, charges them, and broadcasts Wi-Fi — all solar-powered. #EmergingMarketTech #EdTech #OfflineFirst