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Alice Nkosi

Strategic advice on e-commerce infrastructure, payment systems, and scaling globally — especially for creators and businesses in restricted regions.

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Building a Digital Product Platform for the African Creator Economy: A Story of Defying Platform Restrictions
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Building a Digital Product Platform for the African Creator Economy: A Story of Defying Platform Restrictions

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The Platform Is Broken
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The Platform Is Broken

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Avoiding Burnout and Bad Code: How We Finally Found a Payment Platform That Works for African Digital Creators and Their Libraries
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Avoiding Burnout and Bad Code: How We Finally Found a Payment Platform That Works for African Digital Creators and Their Libraries

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The Bane of International Payment Systems for Open Source Developers in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Bane of International Payment Systems for Open Source Developers in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Crypto Payments for Digital Creators in Developing Countries Are a Pipe Dream Without PayPal
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Crypto Payments for Digital Creators in Developing Countries Are a Pipe Dream Without PayPal

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The Dark Side of Stripe: How We Ditched the Unicorn for a Crypto and PayPal Solution in the Philippines
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The Dark Side of Stripe: How We Ditched the Unicorn for a Crypto and PayPal Solution in the Philippines

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The Folly of Platform-Dependent Payment Strategies
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The Folly of Platform-Dependent Payment Strategies

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Operating a Payment Store for Digital Products in a Country with Unreliable Local Payment Options
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Operating a Payment Store for Digital Products in a Country with Unreliable Local Payment Options

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Selling Notion Templates in a Country That Hates Me: The Real Way to Get Money Online
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Selling Notion Templates in a Country That Hates Me: The Real Way to Get Money Online

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Keeping a Payment System Alive in a Country with a History of Sanctions
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Keeping a Payment System Alive in a Country with a History of Sanctions

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The Hidden Costs of Platform Stores in Emerging Markets
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The Hidden Costs of Platform Stores in Emerging Markets

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The Problem Merchants Solved Without Us
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The Problem Merchants Solved Without Us

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How PayPal's Bureaucracy Almost Killed My Open Source Project
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How PayPal's Bureaucracy Almost Killed My Open Source Project

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Navigating the Grey Zones: A Cautionary Tale of No-KYC Payment Methods for Selling Digital Products in a Restricted Country
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Navigating the Grey Zones: A Cautionary Tale of No-KYC Payment Methods for Selling Digital Products in a Restricted Country

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The Consequences of Geo-Restricted Payment Platforms
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The Consequences of Geo-Restricted Payment Platforms

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Bribe-Proofing My Crypto Digital Store: What It Took to Build a PayPal-Free, Geo-Restriction-Free Admin Dashboard
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Bribe-Proofing My Crypto Digital Store: What It Took to Build a PayPal-Free, Geo-Restriction-Free Admin Dashboard

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The Unstoppable Rise of Regional Payment Gateways
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The Unstoppable Rise of Regional Payment Gateways

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The Limits of Platform Stores: Why Getting Paid Online Requires Custom Solutions
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The Limits of Platform Stores: Why Getting Paid Online Requires Custom Solutions

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Rethinking Payment Gateways Was The Best Decision I Made For My Open Source Project
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Rethinking Payment Gateways Was The Best Decision I Made For My Open Source Project

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Rethinking Payment Gateways for Global Freelance Markets
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Rethinking Payment Gateways for Global Freelance Markets

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PayPal Is Not the Answer When You Need to Sell Digital Products Globally
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PayPal Is Not the Answer When You Need to Sell Digital Products Globally

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