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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
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Brass: Acquisition or rescue mission?
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
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:13 - The Brass acquisition
15:42 - Bolt's new bidding system
Useful links
Paystack and PiggyVest join forces in Brass acquisition
Bolt introduces a bidding system for drivers and riders in Nigeria
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Crystal-Agnes Joseph
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Music - Beach by MBB -
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CBN vs fintechs: What's really going on
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
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Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/nigeria-the-volume-of-pos-transactions-in-2022-was-1500x-the-volume-in-2012/?utm_source=Techpoint+Africa+Podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Insight+of+the+Week+TAP+225
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Nigerian fintechs and CBN
23:12 - What we know about owed salaries at Bloc
Useful links
CBN stops account openings for Kuda, Moniepoint, OPay
New anti-fraud law mandates Nigerian PoS agents to register as businesses with regulator
Everything we know about 16-month salary delay claims at Bloc
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Crystal-Agnes Joseph
Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa/ for more stories.
Music - Beach by MBB -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
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Paystack's 2023 payment report and user obsession with bank transfer
Today on the podcast, our hosts discuss:
Tanzania's unlicenced loan apps
Nigeria's San Francisco startup house
Paystack's 2023 report
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Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/nigeria-the-telecoms-industrys-contribution-to-the-gdp-has-hit-the-15-mark-twice-in-5-years/
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Tanzania's unlicenced loan apps
11:00 - Nigeria's San Francisco startup house
22:11 - Paystack's 2023 report
Useful links
Tanzania's central bank bans unlicensed loan app with new directives
FG approves startup hub in San Francisco and an SPV that will build 90,000km of fibre optic cable
Transfers might displace card transactions but not any time soon
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Crystal-Agnes Joseph
Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa/ for more stories.
Music - Beach by MBB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
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What you need to know about Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act
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 terminals on average each month. Find out more here
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Nigeria's cybersecurity levy
28:01 - Nigerian PoS agents to register with CAC
37:22 - Update on the Patricia saga
Useful links
Hack or mismanagement? Inside Patricia's troubling customer fund crisis/
Nigerians to pay 0.5% cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions/
Over 1.8 million PoS agents must register with the CAC/
Nigeria to remove naira on P2P platforms following order to shut crypto-related accounts/
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Crystal-Agnes Joseph
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How Nigeria can use crypto companies to its advantage
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 2021 IPO
Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/mtn-nigeria-recorded-its-first-loss-in-2023-since-its-initial-public-offering/
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Recap of the news
03:16 - Thoughts on the clampdown
08:10 - Did P2P really cause the fall of the naira?
12:21 - Did Binance make money from P2P?
14:44 - Is the Nigerian government justified in going after Binance?
17:29 - The real numbers for crypto in Nigeria
20:11 - Consequences of the clampdown
23:57 - The real crypto scammers
25:26 - The double-edged sword of licencing requirements
28:36 - NoOnes' role
32:28 - The importance of P2P
35:15 - What went wrong with Paxful
38:09 - How NoOnes will redeem the Paxful failure
39:24 - Possible challenges for NoOnes
43:32 - Outro
Useful links
Kenyan BuuPass acquires QuickBus to expand to Nigeria and South Africa
CBN stops account openings for Kuda, Moniepoint, OPay
Q1 2024: MTN Nigeria's userbase sinks, loses ₦656.4 billion in foreign exchange
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa/ for more stories.
Music - Beach by MBB -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
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Thepeer: How to properly shutdown an ailing startup
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-single-year/
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - The Thepeer audit
22:21 - South Africa's approved crypto asset providers
31:24 - Nigeria's first multilingual LLM
Useful links
Nigeria launches first multilingual LLM after drafting initial National AI Strategy
Thepeer investors request audit following shutdown
Regulator confirms approved crypto asset providers for licencing in South Africa
This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa/ for more stories.
Music - Beach by MBB -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @TechpointAfrica