Ask HN: How to accept payments globally as a business in Sub Saharan Africa?

2 points by reg29 10 years ago

I have worked over a year on a small side project and I'm ready to launch it. Only thing blocking is I can't use Stripe or even Paypal to accept payments. I was aware of this obstacle when I started but I was hoping that by the time I would be done, Stripe would open in my region.

So my question is, did anybody (not necessarily from Africa) find the same difficulty in launching their business ? How did you go about it ?

PS : My customers will be mostly from the US and Europe.

Thanks