Shared phone: who receives the PIN and SMS

A living-room phone can hold three SIMs’ worth of confusion. Ewale follows numbers, not the person holding the plastic.

Payments happen on Ewale (ewalepay.com or *714*22#), not on this blog.

What you need

1. Knowledge of which SIM has the wallet.
2. A rule: one person handles PIN for this bill.

The flow on *714*22#

1. Say who is paying.
2. Make sure that SIM can receive the prompt.
3. Copy token/serial out of SMS before the next person deletes “junk.”

After you pay

If two people approve two prompts, you bought twice. If nobody copies the SMS, you bought once and threw away the product.

If something fails

• PIN on SIM A, USSD on SIM B: That can still work. Watch SIM A for the prompt.
• Inbox shared with promotions: Search for Ewale, token, serial, DSTV, ECG.

Numbers receive messages. People must assign roles.