We need to talk about Kenya... and Nigerian law enforcement

Techpoint Africa Podcast

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 over $6k

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:11 - EFCC arrests OAU students
14:06 - Kenya: biometric IDs + a smartphone factory
20:06 - Bolt Kenya to pay driver over $6,000
24:49 - Fidelity Bank restores transfers to neobanks

Useful links

• President Ruto: Kenyans will transact using fingerprints and iris by December 2023
• Kenya opens its first smartphone factory with retail prices starting from KSh 7,499
• Bolt Kenya to pay driver KSh 1m
• Why DLM Trust Company renounced its appointment as escrow trustee by Patricia
• Bolt Kenya suspends 5% booking fee
• Bolt Kenya receives operating licence after meeting NTSA’s demands
• Fidelity Bank Restores Transfers to Moniepoint, PalmPay, others
• EFCC Releases 58 OAU Students Arrested For Suspected Internet Fraud

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede

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