Meet the Nigerian App Turning Unused Apple Gift Cards Into Same-Day Cash
It is a familiar exchange in Nigerian households with relatives abroad: rather than a bank transfer, a family member sends an Apple gift card, quick to buy and instant to deliver by code. What the recipient does next, though, usually has little to do with the App Store. Increasingly, that code is redirected into naira […]
Naira Slump: Nigerians Turn Apple Gift Cards to Cash via TradeCard
Lagos, Nigeria — Gift cards issued for closed platforms such as Apple’s App Store and iTunes have, over the past several years, taken on a second life in Nigeria that has little to do with buying apps or music. For a growing number of Nigerians locked out of easy access to foreign currency, these cards […]