Ok So I Just Sent £1000 of BTC to a Friend in Northern Namibia.. Now What? - page 4.

mitus-2

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Quote from: bitcoinbot on March 22, 2015, 05:42:01 PM

OK, So I just sent £1000 of Bitcoin to a friend who is in Northern Namibia (just above South Africa).

He received the funds via an app on his phone - Mycelium..

The problem is we have no idea what to do now. Ideally he needs to transfer the btc to his local currency (NAD) or spend the bitcoin locally but noone there accepts bitcoin. How can we convert this money to something he can actually spend?

Thanks in advance.

tell him to go here: https://localbitcoins.com/country/NA register and find someone that wants to buy his BTC for USD. should be pretty easy

newflesh

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Found a couple of South African exchanges:

https://bitx.co/za
https://ice3x.com/

He could always try localbitcoins, might be able to find some cash buyers https://localbitcoins.com/country/ZA

anshar

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How about:

He sends back to you
You convert to local currency (USD?)
You bank wire it over to him

pedrog

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He might be able to pay his phone with this service: https://www.bitrefill.com/

He should be able to use this exchange: https://bitx.co/

Also check this: https://hellobit.com/

bitcoinbot

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Quote from: tmp2 on March 22, 2015, 05:49:12 PM

he can sell bitcoins for paypal @ localbitcoins.com
or any other websites out there. then he can withdraw the money from paypal to his bank account or what ever...
but i am sure there are some locals that would love to buy those bitcoins from him..he just needs to post on his local forums and search for them.

I don't think many people there have heard of bitcoin, it's like they are 20 years behind.

I thought bitcoin was supposed to be great for countries like this?

bitcoinbot

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Quote from: criptix on March 22, 2015, 05:48:57 PM

Quote from: bitcoinbot on March 22, 2015, 05:42:01 PM

OK, So I just sent £1000 of Bitcoin to a friend who is in Northern Namibia (just above South Africa).

He received the funds via an app on his phone - Mycelium..

The problem is we have no idea what to do now. Ideally he needs to transfer the btc to his local currency (NAD) or spend the bitcoin locally but noone there accepts bitcoin. How can we convert this money to something he can actually spend?

Thanks in advance.

My hope for humanity is dying little by little everyday...

what you can do is getting a credit card that you can load with btc or sell btc online/offline for fiat in SA

And he will be able to get one of these credit cards will he.
He doesn't have a proper address, just a Po box.
Also, he doesn't, Have a Pc, just a phone so can't scan documents unless he goes to an Internet Cafe.
I doubt he even has a passport.

tmp2

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he can sell bitcoins for paypal @ localbitcoins.com
or any other websites out there. then he can withdraw the money from paypal to his bank account or what ever...
but i am sure there are some locals that would love to buy those bitcoins from him..he just needs to post on his local forums and search for them.

criptix

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Quote from: bitcoinbot on March 22, 2015, 05:42:01 PM

OK, So I just sent £1000 of Bitcoin to a friend who is in Northern Namibia (just above South Africa).

He received the funds via an app on his phone - Mycelium..

The problem is we have no idea what to do now. Ideally he needs to transfer the btc to his local currency (NAD) or spend the bitcoin locally but noone there accepts bitcoin. How can we convert this money to something he can actually spend?

Thanks in advance.

My hope for humanity is dying little by little everyday...

what you can do is getting a credit card that you can load with btc or sell btc online/offline for fiat in SA

bitcoinbot

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OK, So I just sent £1000 of Bitcoin to a friend who is in Northern Namibia (just above South Africa).

He received the funds via an app on his phone - Mycelium..

The problem is we have no idea what to do now. Ideally he needs to transfer the btc to his local currency (NAD) or spend the bitcoin locally but noone there accepts bitcoin. How can we convert this money to something he can actually spend?

Thanks in advance.

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