For M-Pesa you also need mobile phone coverage, I think if the only way to get to a place is by canoe, then there's probably no cellular coverage either.
I was just thinking how impossible it seems to get internet covered over the green heart of Africa, but perhaps that's just not the solution (right now). Perhaps a cryptographic sneaker net would work.
If the accountants travel with RFID powered 'credit' cards pre-authorized to ID's then they themselves don't have to bear any risks. The only thing you need then is to supply every village with a RFID reading trading platform (could be a phone or a laptop) to enable digital trades.
Google loons seems to attack this problem by having high altitude ballons that drift on the wind, but can keep their approximated position using air currents.
By not using a wired backhaul, seems possible to get to those remote areas.
I was just thinking how impossible it seems to get internet covered over the green heart of Africa, but perhaps that's just not the solution (right now). Perhaps a cryptographic sneaker net would work.
If the accountants travel with RFID powered 'credit' cards pre-authorized to ID's then they themselves don't have to bear any risks. The only thing you need then is to supply every village with a RFID reading trading platform (could be a phone or a laptop) to enable digital trades.