Would you come clean, too?
Do you know how much $539 is worth to someone in Tanzania? A high quality pizza costs twenty-five cents there. So if twenty-five cents is enough to nourish the body, fifty bucks could certainly nourishÔǪ well,┬áeverything elseÔǪ and open doors that had once been solid walls.
For those of us in developed nations, it would be similar to winning big in the lottery or becoming an overnight celebrity with sudden cash out the wazoo. Imagine you received that lump sum of money by accidentby no fault of your own. Imagine the possibility that if you kept it and kept your mouth shut, nobody would necessarily come after you for it or even know you had it. What would you do? Would you be honest and return it? Or would you keep the money for yourself, spend it to celebrate your new luxurious life, or maybe use it pull yourself out of a challenging financial slump?
Well, this daydream was a reality for a man named Sita. This was a decision Sita actually had to make.
And the action Sita took astounded us all.
Like many people in Africa now, Sita is on a mission to develop his business and pull himself up by his own bootstraps. Unless youÔÇÖre living in a state of immense need yourself, you likely havenÔÇÖt given much thought to the lengths youÔÇÖd go to in order to accomplish that, and what lines you wouldnÔÇÖt cross. For someone whose entire potential lies before themÔÇèÔÇöÔÇèbecause they have yet to be given the chance to explore itÔÇèÔÇöÔÇèthese kinds of thoughts are everyday visitors.
Sita had been a client of L-PesaÔÇèÔÇöÔÇèa blockchain-based, smart contract microloan platformÔÇèÔÇöÔÇèfor a while. When L-Pesa recently announced their ICO for the new L-Pesa Kripton, predicted to be ÔÇ£The Bitcoin of Africa,ÔÇØ Sita jumped in on the ground floor and started trading coins with fellow investors.
A couple weeks ago, he wanted to cash out some of his earnings. As is standard, he sent an SMS to the system to cash out the equivalent of $11 USD. The network had a problem.┬áOkay,┬áit had a┬ámeltdown.┬áThe network sent him that amountÔǪ but it sent it forty-nine times.┬áForty-nine┬átimes. Automatically. Without any prompting. It was the scene where Harry Potter is pelted with letters from Hogwarts from all directionsÔÇèÔÇöÔÇègratuitously, excessively, unstoppably. Except instead of letters, it was cold hard cash.
If that wasnÔÇÖt crazy enough, hereÔÇÖs where things got crazier.
Without missing a beat, Sita contacted L-Pesa. He was upset he had received so much money. Yes, you read that right. You know a man is honest when his complaint is that he received too much money. While so many others would embrace such a mistake with open arms, Sita complained.
The L-Pesa team had never been more grateful for a customer complaint.
Sita wrote, ÔÇ£Why the system send much money to me?ÔÇØ followed by a lengthy line of┬ásobbing┬áemojis.
All new platforms have their fair share of bugs. While L-Pesa immediately jumped on the case to sort it out, Sita had a heart-to-heart over text with one of their customer service representatives.
Yes, brother. We want to succeed and we want the company to succeed too, he said.
The sentiments Sita expressed and the emotion behind them made clear how he felt about how this company had already positively impacted his lifeÔǪ but it spoke┬ávolumes┬áabout the positive impact he envisioned it bringing him in the future.
Let me explain. Sita is kind and honest. But heÔÇÖs also whipsmart. He had the foresight to recognize that L-Pesa tokens in his digital wallet were worth far more to him than $539 cash in his pocket. These honest actions were the actions of a man for whom $539 USD would be life-changing. ItÔÇÖs a testament not only to his upstanding character, but to the potential of the L-Pesa Kripton itself.
The Kripton coin is undeniably destined for greatness
Public sale has not even opened yet, and the tokens have already appreciated. They are gaining more value every single day. The people hustling hard every single day like Sita recognize this. Theyre our eyes and ears on the ground in Africa and they know whats up.
Sita paid back all the money in full as soon as he had direction from L-Pesa on how best to do that. In return, L-Pesa rewarded him with 50,000 coins valued at $.015/coin. If thereÔÇÖs anyone who deserves to ride the coming wave of success of the L-Pesa Kripton, itÔÇÖs Sita.
And hey, he may live a world away in Tanzania, but if you ever needed a down-to-earth good guy youÔÇÖd trust to collect your mail while youÔÇÖre out of town, use the secret extra key to make sure you turned off the stove when youÔÇÖre out, or safeguard the password to your Venmo accountÔǪ you could always rely on Sita. Just knowing someone like him exists encourages us to believeÔÇèÔÇöÔÇèor at the very least┬áhopeÔÇèÔÇöÔÇèthat there are plenty of others like him in this beautiful world.