Techpoint Africa Podcast

Fintechs are making the headlines this week

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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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    Timestamps
    00:00 - Intro
    00:57 - Kippa's loss to ₦30 million internal fraud
    07:59 - Iyin Aboyeji's YCombinator for Africa
    20:47 - 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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