Thursday, February 01, 2007

It's 'Tips for Trevor' time again.

Here's mine:

"Internet, internet, internet! South African micro-entrepreneurs can immediately start benefiting from accessing the global marketplace via the internet.

Yet Financial Legislation makes it impossible for the small entrepreneur to easily receive foreign currency. E.g. my 12 year old nephew in Holland is constantly trading goods on eBay and sends and receives money via email using a service called PayPal. We now have PayPal in South Africa, but it can only be used to SEND money, not receive it!

Larger companies are constantly finding ways around these regulations in either case, but small entrepreneurs are left behind and aren't able to easily sell their products on this massive international market.

Come on Mr Manual, show us that you know it's the 21st century and remove restrictions that stifles internet trade."

If you agree, please go to the Tips for Trevor website and leave a similar message! If enough people campaign for free internet trade it could dramatically change the South African economic landscape.

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