Techpoint Africa Podcast

Satellite Internet, dollar crisis & Worldcoin

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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our reporters discuss the recent developments in the African connectivity, financial and crypto space.
 
The stories:
  • Vodacom to use Amazon's Project Kuiiper to power connectivity project in Africa's remote areas
  • AltSchool expands its reach in a bid to provide jobs for 10,000,000 African youth
  • Acting CBN Governor assures foreign investors that FX backlog will be paid in 1-2 weeks
  • Worldcoin token owners are losing money
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    Timestamps
    00:00 - Intro
    00:44 - AltSchool is our headline sponsor!!
    02:11 - Amazon's Satellite Internet
    07:15 - AltSchool Africa's new schools
    14:03 - Nigeria's FX backlog
    20:29 - Worldcoin token owners are losing money
     
    Useful links
    • Amazon's answer to Starlink to provide 5G in remote Africa
    • Beyond tech, AltSchool Africa wants to empower the next wave of creative economy and business talent
    • Investors on high alert as CBN prepares to clear FX backlog in “1 to 2 weeks”
    • Less than 2 months after launch, 98.5% of Worldcoin token investors already at a loss
    • Alex Okosi is Google in Africa's MD
    • Kenya partners Spiro to deploy electric bikes
      • This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede
       
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      Music - Beach by MBB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
       
       
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