A woman stands at the counter of a roadside kiosk in Benin City. She asks for N200 airtime. The vendor looks surprised. “Why not N1,000, so you don’t keep coming back?” She smiles. “Let me manage this one first.” That N200 isn’t about affordability. It’s about control. Across Nig
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