Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts,Chimgozirim Nwokoma and Bolu Abiodun discuss: Itana and AFC look to create Africa’s Silicon Valley with Nigeria's first digital economic zone Starlink doubles subscription price in Nigeria to ₦75,000 Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter.…

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts,Chimgozirim Nwokoma and Bolu Abiodun discuss: Zeno raises $9.5 Million to take on Ampersand and BasiGo with electric motorbikes in 2025 Safaricom and two others invest over $800 million in Kenya's health digitisation Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpo…

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts, Oluwanifemi Kolawole and Chimgozirim Nwokoma discuss: M-KOPA ordered to start paying taxes in Kenya after tribunal ruling Egypt's edtech Farid receives $250K pre-seed to address children's mental health Exploring the surge in fraud in Nigeria's burgeoning fintech industry Subscribe to The Modern Wor…

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts, Oluwanifemi Kolawole and Bolu Abiodun discuss: Moove is expanding to the US Nigerian investment fintech Rise completes acquisition of Kenya’s Hisa Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter. Link to Insight of the Week: Moove Africa has discl…

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts, Oluwanifemi Kolawole and Chimgozirim discuss: Binance executive still held in Nigeria Zambia's ChitChat partners MasterCard to launch virtual cards Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter. Link to Insight of the Week: Binance tripled its a…

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts, Bolu Abiodun and Chimgozirim discuss: Wasoko and MaxAB combine forces in Africa’s "largest tech merger" Safaricom wants Starlink blocked Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - Wasoko and MaxAB combine for…

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…

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss: 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 Intelp…

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'…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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.…

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:…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…