Bad Aid
A real-life David vs. Goliath battle—how two pioneers from the international aid sector created a revolutionary mobile payment system, only to have it stolen by a telecoms giant.
Explore the Bad Aid premise to uncover the untold story of innovation, betrayal, and the fight for financial justice in the mobile payment revolution.
Dive into Bad Aid script to uncover the hidden battle over mobile money—a revolution that started with aid but ended in corporate greed and power struggles.
The Stolen Innovation and the Fight for Justice
In 2008 Kenya, a water engineer and a software developer teamed up to create a game-changing way to send and receive money using only a basic mobile phone. Backed by the UK government, their innovation had the power to transform financial access for millions. But a telecom giant had other plans. With £2 million in taxpayer funding, they hijacked the technology, rebranded it, and locked out the very people it was meant to serve. Bad Aid is the gripping true story of deception, resilience, and justice—where the underdogs fought back to reclaim what was stolen.