Couple of years ago I went to Africa, bought two local SIM cards from children on the road while sitting in a car, they had to take a picture of my passport wit

Couple of years ago I went to Africa, bought two local SIM cards from children on the road while sitting in a car, they had to take a picture of my passport with their mobile phone and activate the cards, but it worked. Having esim being sold like that would probably not be possible.