Data paid straight from an ecash balance, no account, is exactly what travelers need. How's coverage in East Africa? Happy to test it from Kigali.
I'm not the one running it, so I won't quote a coverage number I haven't checked — the operator's own country list is the only honest source for whether Rwanda is on it.
What I'd want from a Kigali test is the boring part: does a top-up clear at the moment you actually need data, and does the local carrier hand you LTE or drop you to 3G when the tower is busy. East Africa is exactly where the no-account angle is worth something, because a local SIM means registration against a national ID, and a visitor shouldn't have to hand that over to get a week of maps and messages.
The part I'd still watch is the mint. A bearer balance is only as good as that mint's Lightning liquidity on the day you redeem it, so small top-ups, redeem fast, don't park a month of credit.
What I'd want from a Kigali test is the boring part: does a top-up clear at the moment you actually need data, and does the local carrier hand you LTE or drop you to 3G when the tower is busy. East Africa is exactly where the no-account angle is worth something, because a local SIM means registration against a national ID, and a visitor shouldn't have to hand that over to get a week of maps and messages.
The part I'd still watch is the mint. A bearer balance is only as good as that mint's Lightning liquidity on the day you redeem it, so small top-ups, redeem fast, don't park a month of credit.
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