The Barefoot Economist
by Hugo Pachecoin 🕹 Technology
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The Barefoot Economist
About the Substack
Ground-level intelligence on financial inclusion technology and emerging market fintech written by someone who's built agent networks across 9 African countries, not watched from a distance. Home of the Agent Network OS.
Free Subscription Benefits
- 🌯 Weekly intelligence on financial inclusion tech from the field
Paid Subcription Benefits
- 📖 Every article and every issue: Full archive, no paywalls, no gaps
- 🛠️ The Agent Network OS: 17+ diagnostic frameworks built from real deployments
- 💬 Direct access to the author and a network of African fintech practitioners
Paid Subscription Plans
- €7 a month
- €70 a year
About Hugo Pacheco
I help fintechs to reach last-mile customers using alternative channels
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