Locked Out, Then Forced to Innovate: Let’s talk about PayPal’s Nigeria move
For years, PayPal access in Nigeria created an asymmetry: Nigerians could buy from the world, but getting paid by the world was constrained and uneven at scale.
When a global platform that acts like the default “trust badge” for online payments limits receiving in a market as large as Nigeria, it doesn’t just frustrate users. It shapes what gets built, what gets funded, and which business models survive.
So yes, there is resentment. And it is justified. Because the opportunity cost isn’t a feeling ,it’s a decade of limitation