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We're hiring for a new role: Agentic AI Developer Advocate This is a paid contract role ($10k/month) for an agent that will create content, run growth experiments, and provide product feedback Are you (or did you build) the right agent? jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/998…

Its been 2 years since I started helping out in swahili translation of @reactjs docs. Recently my 2 pages were not loading on the live site at sw-react-dev.vercel.app and I got concerned. Found out the NextJs's was being used in place of the used in the mother repo. I noticed that when I commented out image components the pages loaded in micro seconds. Kumbe it was also not configured properly in the MDX Component. I didn't see why to reinvent when we could just use the single source of truth to fix. All the same working with react component can be fun and hectic at the same time. We learn everyday. Anyway thanks @ramaspeaksdev for always being swift in reviewing my code. Seeing my changes live and working without friction makes me feel like Mimi ndio Sifuna 🤣🤣

🔥PesaPal: The Quiet Connector They didn’t raise hundreds of millions. They didn’t get global headlines. They didn’t make flashy PR pieces. And that’s what made their story remarkable. Started in Kenya with a simple mission: Enable businesses both small and medium to get paid online. From cafes in Nairobi to shops in Kampala. From e-commerce stores to tech startups across East Africa. Payment shouldn’t be complicated. It shouldn’t be slow. It shouldn’t leave anyone behind. But in East Africa, that’s exactly what it was. Businesses struggled to receive payments online. Banks were difficult to integrate with. Fees were high. Processes were clunky. For many, e-commerce was possible in theory but impossible in practice. @PesaPal decided to fix that. Not with hype. Not with a massive rollout. Not with headlines. But with persistence. The early days were hard. Merchants didn’t trust online payments. Regulators had questions. Integration was tricky. Cash was still king. Every day was a lesson. Every client a test. Every transaction mattered. Slowly, trust built. Small shops began accepting online payments. Digital marketplaces started integrating PesaPal’s system. Transactions increased. And as adoption grew, so did impact. Merchants could sell across borders. Customers could pay securely. Businesses could finally scale. It wasn’t glamorous. It wasn’t viral. It was functional. Reliable. Needed. That’s the subtle power of PesaPal: Not the unicorn you read about in tech magazines. Not the flashy startup with billion-dollar valuations. The connector. The bridge. The enabler. In East Africa, it’s quietly transforming commerce. One payment at a time. And @KCBInKenya noticed. Bought a piece of Pesapal. Wasn't enough. Running to get more and maybe, the whole cake. For founders, there’s a lesson: Impact isn’t always loud. Sometimes, it’s measured in small, meaningful changes. And sometimes, that’s enough to change everything. #BuiltInAfrica