My company - Funtrench Limited - is setting up an exchange for Bitcoin and 3 alt-coins in Kenya. It's pretty difficult to obtain Bitcoin (even with money) from East Africa because most banks don't have linkage with the major online money services that are acceptable on most exchanges. Virwox used to be an option, but their payment gateway provider (Skrill) is blocking transactions and actually returning funds to credit cards. Of course to keep Bitcoin accessible to every part of the world (especially in places where mobile money is prevalent) we think the solution is a homegrown exchange that accepts local currency and provides ordinary guys with the opportunities to obtain, use and even invest in Bitcoin. We've linked up with some offshore guys to do bulk purchases/sale of Bitcoin and so we should be able to achieve Gox-like popularity within the local context.

We're sourcing investment on bitbond.net where investors would have a chance to earn interest and help out with this project. Our listing is at https://www.bitbond.net/buyer/listings with the ID S3AN134R8. We are confident of our market research and capacity to pull this off relatively quickly with the intention of ensuring all businesses that accept mobile money payments (like 80% of businesses in Kenya) can also accept Bitcoin. It's time Bitcoin became a currency, not just an asset.

Anyone with interest in providing us with additional venture capital (in Bitcoins) can contact me.