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Dash Hub Africa told Dash Force News that \u201cconsumers are willing to spend Dash on basic utilities like bills, airtime, subscription and vouchers\u201d, which makes the \u201c5 of the 8 countries from Dash Hub Africa be ranked on Bitrefill metrics as some of the highest in the world (Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Togo)\u201d. 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