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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
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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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
03:16 - Pula's $20m raise
27:26 - Starlink's troubles in Africa
35:01 - Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya
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Kenya’s Pula gets $20 million Series B to offer insurance to 100 million farmers in Africa
Telecom regulator orders Starlink to cut off subscribers in Zimbabwe
Starlink to disconnect subscribers in Ghana, South Africa, Botswana
Inside Sim Shagaya's mission to fund and support resilient African entrepreneurs
Sim Shagaya on lessons learnt building Konga
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:13 - Africa's AI strategy
22:51 - Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency
33:13 - Jump n' Pass partners Justrite
Useful links
Zimbabwe just introduced a new gold-backed currency in an attempt to fight inflation and wean off the US dollar
Paul Graham "delve" debate highlights 3 reasons Africa needs its own AI strategy/
Self-checkout startup, Jump n Pass, partners Justrite to activate queue-jumping service/ across all its stores in Nigeria
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
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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
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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
Useful links
Thepeer announces shutdown, citing compliance struggles; investor funds to be returned
Sim Shagaya enters venture capital space with “The Honey Badger Fund ”
Edo State to introduce API integration for Bolt, Uber and other e-hailing operators
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
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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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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:47 - We meet Michael
04:25 - How big an investment NFTs were
07:32 - How transformational NFTs were to the art space in Africa
09:27 - What happened to NFTs?
13:13 - What's happening in the Alpha Chart market?
15:22 - Can NFTs be separated from crypto?
17:21 - The problem with the last cycle and NFTs
18:20 - Should creative people still turn their work into NFTs?
20:35 - Decentralisation unlocking more innovation
25:18 - Music and the NFT space
29:14 - NFTs do well when people get crypto rich
33:21 - The slogan for this year's bull run
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MTN contemplates tariff hike to regain $101 million in forex losses
Netflix subscribers in Nigeria to pay more from April 1, 2024
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia recovers $10 million from its $14 million system glitch loss
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - New registration fees for Nigerian crypto exchange
14:55 - Ethiopian bank loses $40 million to system glitch
22:27 - Nigeria's $593.6 million loss to Internet disruption
Useful link
Registration fees for crypto exchanges could go from ₦30m to ₦150m as SEC Nigeria proposes new crypto rules
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia loses $40 million to “systems glitch”
Nigeria loses $593.6 million to Internet disruptions
Naira devaluation forces Nigerian startups to seek local alternatives to AWS, Azure
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Interswitch's 2023
34:53 - LemFi'e expansion to China
Useful links
Interswitch to offer telecom services in Nigeria after securing licence from NCC
LemFi Hires Ex OPay COO, Allen Qu to lead China Expansion
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - What happened with Binance in Nigeria?
16:43 - The Brass story
33:04 - MTN Nigeria's first loss in six years
Useful links
Nigerian fintech Brass blames funding winter for customer withdrawal delays
Binance will no longer allow naira deposits and withdrawals as it discontinues all services in the Nigerian currency
Nigeria fines Binance $10bn amidst investigation of crypto exchange
MTN Nigeria records N177.8b loss in 2023 , shareholders funds erased
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - CBN vs crypto
19:23 - Nigeria's new Bureau de Change guidelines
39:16 - Nigeria's MPR hike
Useful links
CBN allegedly plans to shut down all crypto websites in Nigeria
Two Binance executives arrested in Nigeria
Proposed Bureau de Change guidelines promise increased digitisation but could spell the end for many operators
What the CBN's MPR hike means for the Nigerian startup ecosystem
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
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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.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Cold open
00:41 - Intro
01:00 - News headlines this week
02:24 - We meet Chijioke
02:42 - Are Nigerians credit averse?
03:42 - Lessons from the friends and family trope
04:32 - How customers and bankers reacted to Carbon
06:05 - Biggest barriers to lending in Nigeria
08:17 - Should fintechs have access to GSI?
11:27 - Attend our webinar on legal loopholes for employers
12:42 - The role of credit bureaus
16:01 - The role of regulation
17:05 - Why collaboration to fight fraud doesn't work
19:39 - How can partnerships help
22:30 - Credit as a customer acquistion strategy
24:11 - Top three lessons from giving out loans to Nigerians
29:33 - Nigeria's macroeconomics could change lending behaviour
News stories we mentioned
Flutterwave's Disha to suspend operations temporarily on March 31, 2024
Fairmoney to acquire Umba in a $20 million all-stock deal
CBN allegedly planning to shut down all crypto websites in Nigeria
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Today's podcast discusses:
Content creators registering with CAC, paying taxes
Carbon's acquisition of Vella Finance
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - CAC and content creators
12:54 - Carbon acquires Vella Finance
Useful links
CAC says content creators must register, pay taxes
Carbon acquires Nigerian fintech startup Vella Finance to become Carbon Business
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Mastercard's MTN investment
08:07 - Canal+'s bid on MultiChoice
17:45 - PoS recertification in Nigeria
Useful links
Mastercard invests $200 million to acquire a minority stake in MTN's fintech division
MultiChoice declines Canal+'s $1.6 billion offer, citing undervaluation
CBN targets six months for recertification of PoS terminals to fight fraud
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
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Today's podcast discusses
Moniepoint's growth in 2023
Nigerian PoS terminals get fraud-flagging feature
Sony invests in Carry1st
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro01:17 - Moniepoint's 2023 in review11:06 - PoS fraud in Nigeria22:54 - Sony invests in Carry1st
Useful links
Moniepoint processed over 5 billion transactions in 2023
Nigerian PoS terminals will get fraud-flagging feature by end of Q1 2024
PlayStation manufacturer, Sony, invests in Carry1st, a South African gaming startup
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
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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
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Timestamps00:00 - Intro00:31 - Funding decline in Africa06:56 - Amazon Prime Video's layoffs13:17 - Anambra State's tech hub ambitions
Useful links
Amazon Prime to lay off and end African content production amid Showmax dominance
Anambra State to partner 26 big tech companies following the adoption of the Nigeria Startup Act
Briter Bridges: No cause for alarm over 2023 funding decrease
SafeBoda returns to Kenya after 3 years
Twiga Foods and Incentro agree to settle debt dispute out of court
OPay to enforce KYC requirements in March 2024 to prevent fraud and impersonation
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
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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
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Timestamps00:00 - Intro00:57 - Kippa's loss to ₦30 million internal fraud07:59 - Iyin Aboyeji's YCombinator for Africa20:47 - Access Corp's Oxygen X
Useful links
Kippa reportedly loses ₦30 million to internal fraud
African neobank Kuda tried to raise $20M at flat valuation in 2023, missed user milestone projection by 3M
South Africa's TymeBank turns first-ever profit nearly five years post-launch
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is building Africa's Y Combinator but without the money
Access Corp rebrands Quickbucks to Oxygen X, a lending app to rival OPay, Carbon
What Nigerian fintech founders can learn from fraudsters
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
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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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro01:46 - MTN and Glo callers02:57 - What we are discussing04:40 - Nigeria's cNGN12:26 - Kuda's PoS for businesses22:19 - Fez Delivery's Safe Lockers32:15 - Other stories
Useful links
Glo subscribers may soon be unable to call MTN lines after telcos request a tariff hike in Nigeria
Consortium postpones Nigeria’s stablecoin cNGN launch date to comply with regulations
Nigeria’s naira stablecoin to go live on February 27, 2024
Kuda launches PoS terminals for businesses
CBN sacks board of three Nigerian banks weeks after Emefiele probe
Bolt Kenya allows riders to report offline trip and payment requests by drivers
Cellulant’s CEO is stepping down four months after the company reduced its workforce by 20%
Wasoko and MaxAB to reduce workforce by 10%
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
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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.
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Timestamps
00:00 - intro08:11 - Opay story20:45 - Tingo story30:41 - Adobe and Figma40:00 - other stories42:02 - TAP's biggest stories from 20231:01:29 - Appreciation and goodbyes
Useful links
OPay and PalmPay enforce BVN and NIN for wallet opening
US SEC charges Tingo founder, Dozy Mmobuosi with massive fraud
Adobe cancels a $20-billion bid to acquire Figma
MTN Group partners Starlink, OneWeb, AST SpaceMobile to increase Internet connectivity in Africa
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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 Reporter, TechCrunch and Titilola Oludimu, Special Projects Coordinator, AltSchool Africa.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
05:13 - Jumia Food to shut down17:48 - Coursera's 2023 Global Skills Report 32:01 - Flutterwave's new hires38:27 - What our OGs are doing now44:11 - Chipper Cash's 4th lay off
Useful links
Jumia Food to shutdown in Nigeria from December 2023
Nigerian learners perform well in entrepreneurship but poorly in tech courses on Coursera — report
Flutterwave hires 6 new executives from Cash App, PayPal, Binance.US, others
Chipper Cash lays off again for the fourth time in 1 year
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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 sharing how the podcast began. Fun fact: the pilot episode went live on September 06, 2019 and featured Tage Kene-Okafor (now of TechCrunch fame) and Titilola Oludimu (now at AltSchool Africa).
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Trip down memory lane
10:11 - CBN to freeze accounts without BVN and NIN
21:47 - Lidya shuts down operations in Europe as Pivo closes shop
33:02 - Bitmama acquires Payday
Useful links
CBN to freeze bank accounts without BVN and NIN by April 2024
Lidya closes operations in two countries to focus on the Nigerian market after securing $16.45 million in funding
Why Nigerian fintech startup Pivo shut down 1 year after announcing a $2 million round
Bitmama acquires Payday to bolster its blockchain-powered cross-border payments service
Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, to launch $100 million venture capital fund
Call of Duty: Mobile launches dedicated Nigerian server
South Africa wants to be a global EV player
First audio podcast episode
First video podcast episode
Talking financial fraud in Nigeria with Esigie Aguele, CEO of VerifyMe
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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 operationsKenyan startups to get tax breakCristiano Ronaldo sued for $1billion Subscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/subject/work/andFintech Today - https://techpoint.africa/subject/fintech/andTechpoint Digest - https://techpoint.africa/subject/techpoint-digest/andIntellligence by Techpoint's newsletter -https://intelligence.techpoint.africa/newsletter-signup/ Timestamps00:00 - Intro06:27 - Lemfi exits Ghana15:49 - Kenya to give startups tax breaks21:02 - Cristiano Ronaldo sued for $1 billion33:01 - Email fraudsters ate impersonating tech CEOsUseful links
Lemfi suspends Ghana operations
https://techpoint.africa/2023/11/28/lemfi-suspends-ghana-operations-one-week-after-regulator-declares-it-illegal/
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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
Zazuu shuts down
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
11:38 - Alerzo lays off again17:08 - GetEquity's COO detained by the Nigerian Police24:53 - Zazuu shuts down
Useful links
Alerzo lays off 100 workers, reportedly due to warehouse automation
GetEquity COO reportedly detained by police over unpaid funds
Zazuu shuts down
Telecom operators demand urgent settlement as USSD debts from banks rise to $200bn
Binance and CEO ‘CZ’ plead guilty to federal charges, agreed to pay $4.3B in fines
Leatherback CEO Ibrahim Ibitade Denies Hiding from EFCC After Wanted Notice
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Haha, see the seeds of #EndSARS
Nice one. Keep it up guys
Kudos to you guys for this program, kindly let your resource persons speak a little louder next time I struggled to hear them..maybe put off the background music next time(which I think makes the conversation lively though)..you can do better .