The Techpoint Africa Podcast brings you the most important stories of the week on startups, technology and innovation in Africa. Listen in every Thursday afternoon (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn or anywhere else you get your podcasts
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our host is joined by Mojola Ola and Emmanuel Paul to discuss: MTN Nigeria secures a permit to generate electricity MTN Group records $414.7 million loss Elon Musk Starlink's ground-breaking move in Nigeria Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter. Ti…
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discusses: Telcos in Nigeria mull partial service to support tariff hike push NFT houses: Lagos State Government plans to tokenise real estate Kenyan gig drivers defy e-hailing platforms, set new rates amid fare dispute Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Inte…
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss: Lagos State to launch a digital platform for monthly rent Spiro launches e-bikes in Ogun State Financial report of Jumia and Kuda Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Link to Insight of the Week: Nigeria: The telecoms industry'…
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Why Lagos State's plan to tax remote workers might work
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss: Lagos State Government to tax remote workers and influencers to increase revenue WhatsApp appeals $220M fine, claims FCCPC's investigation flawed Another NIN-SIM linkage deadline extension Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ L…
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$220m fine: Why FCCPC's fight with WhatsApp is valid
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts are joined by tech lawyer, Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa to discuss: Meta vs Nigeria's FCCPC Mercury Bank closing African startup accounts Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Meta vs Nigeria's FCCPC 19:04 - Me…
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Is a mobile app for farmers dead on arrival?
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss: Kenyan e-hailing drivers strike Nigeria's app for farmers Chowdeck's ad product Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Link to Insight of the Week: Agriculture’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP has been on a downward trend since 20…
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Which fintechs are taking on Africa's $58 billion remittance market?
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss: The OPay glitch Kuda, NALA, and Africa's remittance market UNDP's new fintech hubs Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - OPay glitch 06:18 - Kuda, NALA, and Africa's remittance market 17:28 - UND…
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Can Mano win in Nigeria's food delivery market?
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts are joined by Olaleye Oladimeji, Partner, Legalpreneur Attorneys & Consulting and Founder, Registat.io to discuss: Kucoin to charge VAT in NIgeria Mano's move to food delivery Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Link to Insight of the …
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NIMC data breach: Why you should be scared
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts are joined by Samuel Ngwu, Privacy Lawyer to discuss: Another data breach in Nigeria New e-hailing prices in South Africa Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Another data breach in Nigeria 28:54 - New e…
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Today on the podcast, our hosts discuss: Celebrity meme coins Ampersand and BYD's EV partnership Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Link to Insight of the Week: https://bit.ly/3XwP41f Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Celebrity meme coins 23:18 - Insight of the Week with Intelpoint 2…
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Why governments are bad with digital currencies
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss: Rwanda's Central Bank Digital Currency The latest on the Wasoko and MaxAB merger Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Why CBDCs don't do much 11:28 - The Wasoko-MaxAB merger Useful links Wasoko …
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Are we expecting too much from African startups?
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our host, Chimgozirim Nwokoma is joined by Francis Ogbuka, VP Sales, Zone and Abraham Augustine, Comms & Programs Lead, Norrsken to discuss: Zone's decentralised PoS payment gateway Gro Intelligence's shutdown The Copia Global story Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and I…
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Today on the podcast, our host, Bolu Abiodun, is joined by Oyindolapo Olusesi, Lead, Legal Services at Kora to discuss: The Brass acquisition Bolt's inDrive copycat Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - The Brass acquisition 15:42 - Bolt's new bidding s…
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Today on the podcast, our hosts discuss: Nigerian fintechs and all things CBN policies What we know about the 16-month salary delay claims at Bloc Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/nigeria-the-volume-of-pos-transactions-in…
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Paystack's 2023 payment report and user obsession with bank transfer
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Today on the podcast, our hosts discuss: Tanzania's unlicenced loan apps Nigeria's San Francisco startup house Paystack's 2023 report Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/, and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/nigeria-the-telecoms-industrys-contribution-to-the-gd…
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What you need to know about Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act
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Today on the podcast, we welcome a familiar face, Omoruyi Edoigiawerie, Startup Attorney and Chief Servant, E & C Legal. He joins our hosts as we discuss: Nigeria's about-to-be-implemented cybersecurity levy Nigerian PoS agents registering with the CAC The latest update on the Patricia hack Did you know? Nigeria deploys 74,000 new Point of Sale ter…
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How Nigeria can use crypto companies to its advantage
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Our guest on today's podcast is Ray Youssef, CEO, NoOnes. We discuss Nigeria's recent clampdown on Binance and crypto and what happened with his last company, Paxful. But before that, we highlight a few stories from this week. BuuPass acquires QuickBus CBN stops Moniepoint, Kuda, OPay from opening new accounts MTN Nigeria records first loss since 2…
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Thepeer: How to properly shutdown an ailing startup
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Our guest on today's podcast is Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa, Corporate and Startup Lawyer. She joins us as we discuss: The Thepeer audit South Africa's approved crypto asset providers Nigeria's first multilingual LLM Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/only-once-have-nigerian-fintech-startups-raised-more-than-1-billion-in-a-singl…
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How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits
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Our guest on today's podcast is Temitope Adeyemi, CEO and Founder, insurtech startup, Pay-U. He joins us as we discuss: Pula's $20m raise Starlink's troubles in Africa Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/multichoices-revenue-has-been-growing-at-an-average-of-4/ Download Intelpoint's…
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How Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency will work
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On guest on today's podcast is Dr Olumide Okubadejo, Head of Product at Sabi and AI researcher. We discuss: Africa's AI strategy Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency Jump n' Pass partnering Justrite Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:13 - Africa's AI strategy …
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Why are e-hailing companies sharing your data with the government?
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On today's podcast, we discuss: Thepeer's shutdown Sim Shagaya's VC foray Edo State's API for ride-hailing operators Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Thepeer shutdown 10:34 - Sim Shigaya's VC foray 15:06 - Edo State's API for ride-hailing operators…
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Today's podcast is all about Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and we have Michael Ugwu, NFT Collector, Angel Investor, and CEO Freeme Digital as our guest. 2021 was the year of NFTs, but once the bear run started, the rave died down. But the real question is, are NFTs dead? Michael answers this and more on today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast.…
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Today's podcast sees us welcome a familiar face (Emmanuel Paul) as we discuss: New registration fees for Nigerian crypto exchanges Ethiopian bank loses $40 million to system glitch Nigeria's $593.6 million loss to Internet disruption Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:…
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Interswitch got a telco licence, here's what it means
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Our guest this week is Abubakar Idris, Tech Journalist at The Information and on this episode we discuss: Interswitch's 2023 financial report LemFi's expansion to China Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:34 - Interswitch's 2023 34:53 - LemFi'e expansion t…
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On today's podcast, we discuss: Binance stopping naira deposits and withdrawals Nigeria fining Binance The Brass story MTN Nigeria's losses in 2023 Attend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest hiring and employment mistakes that can lead to litigation, penalties, and loss of funds (and how to avoid them) Register to attend here. Subsc…
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On today's podcast, we discuss: The Nigerian government's relationship with crypto Nigeria's new Bureau de Change guidelines The hike in Nigeria's monetary policy rate Attend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest hiring and employment mistakes that can lead to litigation, penalties, and loss of funds (and how to avoid them) Register t…
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What will it take to give loans at scale in Nigeria
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On today's podcast, we have Chijioke Dozie, CEO of Nigerian fintech, Carbon, talk to us about what it would take to give loans at scale in Nigeria. This is a new format we're trying. Please let us know what you think via email (podcast@techpoint.africa) or in the Q & A section on Spotify. Attend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest h…
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Today's podcast discusses: Content creators registering with CAC, paying taxes Carbon's acquisition of Vella Finance Subscribe to our newsletters The Modern Workplace, Equity Merchants, Techpoint Digest, and Intelpoint's newsletter Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:44 - CAC and content creators 12:54 - Carbon acquires Vella Finance Useful links CAC says …
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Apply for the Innovest Ignite Lagos accelerator here Today's podcast discusses Mastercard gaining 3.8% shares in MTN MoMo MultiChoice rejecting Canal+ bid CBN's six months target for recertification of PoS terminals to fight fraud Subscribe to The Modern Workplace - https://techpoint.africa/series/the-experts/ and Equity Merchants - https://techpoi…
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Could PlayStation games be coming to mobile phones?
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Today's podcast discusses Moniepoint's growth in 2023 Nigerian PoS terminals get fraud-flagging feature Sony invests in Carry1st Subscribe to The Modern Workplace - https://techpoint.africa/series/the-experts/ and Equity Merchants - https://techpoint.africa/series/equity-merchants/ and Techpoint Digest - https://techpoint.africa/subject/techpoint-d…
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Anambra's tech hub ambition and why 2023's funding dip isn't a big deal
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Today's podcast discusses: Funding decline in Africa Amazon Prime Video's layoffs in Africa Anambra State's partnership to adopt the Nigeria Startup Act Subscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/series/the-experts/ and Fintech Today - https://techpoint.africa/subject/fintech/ and Techpoint Digest - https://techpoint.africa/subject/tech…
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Fintechs are making the headlines this week
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Download the Nigerian Insurance Industry report by Intelpoint here: https://intelpoint.co/report/the-nigerian-insurance-industry/ Here's what we discussed today: Kippa's ₦30 milllion internal fraud loss Iyin Aboyeji's YCombinator for Africa Access Corp's lending app, Oxygen X Subscribe to The Modern Workplace - https://techpoint.africa/series/the-e…
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Happy New Year listeners! Welcome back to the Techpoint Africa Podcast. We missed recording for you guys and we begin the year discussing some truly interesting stories. What we discussed: Nigeria's stablecoin Kuda's PoS terminal for businesses Fez Delivery's Safe Lockers Subscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/subject/work/ and Fint…
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/OFGzPnu-SC8 This week on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss the African tech space's top stories from this week and 2023. Its a full house, and the whole gang is in the studio. Subscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/subject/work/ and Fintech Today - https://techpoint…
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Tk2iC4ZZ9XM Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we take another trip down memory lane with two special guest as they share insights on this week's hot topics in the African tech space. This week, we are joined by the very first hosts of our pilot episode: Tage Kene-Okafor, Africa Repor…
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/e7aYDlIapEg Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we take a trip down memory lane with two special guest who share unusual insights on the hot topics in Africa's tech space this week. We have TAP OGs, Muyiwa Matuluko and Omolara Oseni join us this week, and they begin today's episode by …
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Cristiano Siuued, Lemfi leaves Ghana, Kenyan startups to run tax free
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss some of this week's top stories in the African tech space. Here are the stories: Lemfi suspends Ghana operations Kenyan startups to get tax break Cristiano Ronaldo sued for $1billion Subscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/subject/work/ and Fintech Today - https://techpoint.afr…
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Gv7q-K0WeA8 Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss the stories making the waves in the African tech space this week. The major stories are: Alerzo lays off 100 workers, reportedly due to warehouse automation GetEquity COO reportedly detained by police over unpaid funds Z…
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Hey guys! We've hit 200 episodes! And we had a special guest join us on the podcast today. But first, here are today's stories: US SEC delists Tingo temporarily EdenLife pivoting to a marketplace MTN reported plans to acquire 9obile spectrum We had fun in the studio today and had the chance to meet one of our fantastic fans, Chinedum Okerengwor, Fo…
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Flutterwave executives leave and Gozem doubles down on super app
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/WI3IYCfGdgU Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss top stories across the African tech space. The stories: 3 finance executives leave Flutterwave amid fraud investigation. Nigeria launches an electronic civil registration system Gozem acquiring Moneex Interswitch looses ₦30 bil…
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We need to talk about Kenya... and Nigerian law enforcement
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Qv9e9VCzo10 This week on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we look at tech news from the African continent. The stories: EFFC arrests OAU students for fraud Kenyans to transact using fingerprint and iris by December 2023 Kenya opens first local smartphone factory Bolt ordered to pay a driver …
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/yo0lW5SRx1o Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast we look at the hottest stories sweeping the African tech ecosystem this week. The stories: IROKOtv isn't shutting down MTN to pay FIRS $72.5m for tax evasion MTN responds to allegations by Itemate Solutions Patricia appoints DLM Capital Gr…
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/6YmiGW2uAOI This week on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss the hot topics in the African tech space. The stories: Patricia offers customers new avenue to recoup losses CIBN certification for PoS, NIN, and BVN agents Andela launches AI-powered Talent Cloud Register to attend the Mod…
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The death of an African startup is the beginning of investor wisdom?
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/hGi5yC0l4Mw Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we have a special guest join our reporters in the studio as they discuss some of the hottest topics in the African tech space this week. The stories: South Africa to amend sim registration law NDPC investigates alleged data privacy violat…
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Hey guys! Apologies for the delay in upload. Due to technical issues, we couldn't upload audio last week and we just regained access. Thank you for your patience! This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/C8Hb2Gpzhcw Today's podcast sees our reporters discuss stories like Paystack's latest moves, South Africa's Takealot, and othe…
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Exits and shutdowns in Africa's startup space
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/RqU07fhRkoQ On this week's Techpoint Africa Podcast, our reporters discuss an acquisition, a shut down, and other happenings in Africa's tech space. The stories: Risevest acquires Chaka 54gene to shut down Nigeria to boost startup listings on NGX Sendy appoints administrator Register to a…
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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we share insights and thoughts on this week's trending topics in the African tech space. The stories: Nigeria's President nominates new CBN Governor PayDay looking to sell Abasi Ene-Obong launches second genomics startup Register to attend the Modern Workplace Africa Conference: https://modernworkplaceafrica.c…
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Telcos dispute with NCC's requirement and Flutterwave needs to 'calm down'
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/zSIY3flt9T0 Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we have candid discussions on how the media is used as a tool for pushing agendas, telcos pushing back on new NCC's requirements, and more. The stories: Olumide Olusanya speaks out on KloudKommerce controversy Telecom operators reject NCC…
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Satellite Internet, dollar crisis & Worldcoin
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/zCbjp253CY8 Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our reporters discuss the recent developments in the African connectivity, financial and crypto space. The stories: Vodacom to use Amazon's Project Kuiiper to power connectivity project in Africa's remote areas AltSchool expands its reach…
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This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/TbSY8ySBKLM Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss the top stories in the African tech space. The stories: X's plans to create a fintech product Airtel Uganda's IPO for expansion Nigeria's search for AI policy researchers Anambra State implements zero charges for Right of Way R…
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