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I came across a video the co-founder of Middleman shared about how they’re struggling to get a USD account for Middleman. She basically said, “No one should talk to me about it,” because despite having so many fintechs in Nigeria, accessing basic financial infrastructure can still be incredibly difficult. It reminded me of something I experienced just three weeks ago. A friend of mine in Botswana was stranded and needed money urgently. She was expecting a payment from Uganda, but the money was sent through an MFB and was going to take three to five days to reach her. The money I sent her, on the other hand, took three different channels and a lot of back-and-forth just to figure out how to get it to her so she could withdraw it and book her flight. I keep seeing the data on how many people are financially excluded, but unfortunately, the people who are excluded still aren’t being financially included. The problem isn’t just that people don’t have access to financial services. It’s that the existing financial infrastructure still makes it incredibly difficult for people to actually use them when they need them.