Near the end, worth the wait.

Article Summary:

Some of the world's wealthiest individuals, including Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser, and Charlie Munger, have criticized cryptocurrency, with Munger even calling for America to follow China's example and ban it.

However, these individuals are beneficiaries of a legacy financial system that relies on too-big-to-fail intermediaries, while cryptocurrencies allow users to transact without intermediaries. Furthermore, cryptocurrencies have never required a bailout and have not defrauded millions of customers.

Cryptocurrency is accessible to everyone, and adoption rates are highest in countries with unreliable banking systems and the local currency inflationary. Billionaire bankers opposing cryptocurrency are not to be taken seriously, and their criticisms only validate cryptocurrency's potential.

How long does a transfer using Wave, Moneygram, World Remit take to settle there?

Strike works by converting fiat > sats on LN > fiat. So I assume they needed a partner in Africa to do the sats on LN > fiat on their side. The partner is Bitnob.