Ideas for introducting Bitcoin

[sp4ke]

Hi Fellow people,

I'm not really a newbie since I've been following bitcoin since 2011 and reading the forums since then but this is the first time I am posting.

As a true believer in bitcoin as an economic revolution and an immigrant on an occidental country, I have decided to go back to my country (north African country ) and start working on Bitcoin projects there. However, given the fact that it's one of the most undeveloped countries in Internet connectivity and technology culture, this will be a real challenge for me to introduce Bitcoin to the local communities. But there is a huge population of young people who are just looking for work and are willing to learn.

As a Frontend engineer who worked a lot on UI/UX, my real concern is to find an elegant and simple way to introduce the concept of Bitcoin and crypto currencies to people who are not at all used to technology. They all have smartphones and most of them know and used internet though.

Also an important note, mobile broadband is not yet available but maybe deployed very soon.

I would like to have a discussion and I am open to your suggestions and ideas, especially from people who have already teached bitcoin to others  and what have you learnt from it.

Thanks

[Gator-hex]

They all have smartphones and most of them know and used internet though.
Also an important note, mobile broadband is not yet available but maybe deployed very soon.

Just make sure the stores accepting Bitcoins have a wifi router and the smart phones can use Bitcoin via a phone app over wifi while in store.

[sp4ke]

Yes that seems obvious. My concerns are more about how to approach the merchants for example and convince them to start accepting bitcoins. How could someone who had never done electronic payments before see the benefits of using bitcoin since there are no customer user base ready to use bitcoins. My best shot would be to start with niche markets who are already using some sort of electronic payment for buying virtual goods like domain names and web hosting and maybe IT freelancers.

Any suggestions ?