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sarah mokoena

Real stories of leaving platforms, taking back control, and scaling independent businesses

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No-KYC Payment Methods for Selling Digital Products Online: My Path Around the Digital Payment Gatekeepers in a Restricted Country

No-KYC Payment Methods for Selling Digital Products Online: My Path Around the Digital Payment Gatekeepers in a Restricted Country

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Building Software for Undocumented Citizens: Why PayPal, Stripe, and Gumroad Don't Cut It Outside the US

Building Software for Undocumented Citizens: Why PayPal, Stripe, and Gumroad Don't Cut It Outside the US

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My Most Painful Admin Dashboard Architecture Decision: Why Keeping Things Simple Trumped Custom UI in a High-Seclusion Operation

My Most Painful Admin Dashboard Architecture Decision: Why Keeping Things Simple Trumped Custom UI in a High-Seclusion Operation

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Traditional Payment Platforms Are Broken for Africa — Here's What We Learned Trying to Fix It

Traditional Payment Platforms Are Broken for Africa — Here's What We Learned Trying to Fix It

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Why I Abandoned Platform Stores and Built My Own Payment Gateway

Why I Abandoned Platform Stores and Built My Own Payment Gateway

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Ditching Platform Fees Was the Best Engineering Decision I Ever Made for My Digital Store

Ditching Platform Fees Was the Best Engineering Decision I Ever Made for My Digital Store

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Why I Ditched Traditional Payment Platforms for My Freelance Work in Nigeria

Why I Ditched Traditional Payment Platforms for My Freelance Work in Nigeria

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Ditching PayPal Was the Best Decision I Ever Made for My Digital Product Sales

Ditching PayPal Was the Best Decision I Ever Made for My Digital Product Sales

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