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In Nigeria you need cash for everything, the problem is actually getting hold of it

In Nigeria you need cash for everything, the problem is actually getting hold of it

Anytime Oghenefega Otitifore, an engineer living in Okearo, needs to withdraw cash, she does not bother going to the ATM. In all of Okearo, a suburb just a few kilometers outside Lagos, there are only two ATMs—one is plagued with long queues and the ever present “unable to dispense cash” message on the screens while…