Techpoint Africa Podcast

Techpoint Africa Podcast

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Techpoint Africa Podcast episodes

  • Y Combinator's impact in Africa

    Y Combinator’s impact on African startups was the main topic of today's podcast. If you were not aware, Y Combinator is the Ivy League of accelerators and has backed some of the most successful companies globally, including Stripe and Airbnb. Some of the most valuable startups in Africa, including Wave, Paystack, and Flutterwave, are Y Combinator alumni.

    On this episode:

    0:55 - MTN and $39m 5G expansion into rural South Africa.

    6:04 - Ripple effects of Y Combinator in Africa since 2015. Download the report here.

    14:57 - Norebase's $1m raise and Incorporation as a Service API

    Register for the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit by visiting blockchain.techpoint.africa. See list of confirmed speakers here.

    Email us your feedback at [email protected]. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

    25 min
  • Why funding news slowed down in April

    African startup funding news appeared to have slowed down in April. In the episode of the Techpoint Africa podcast, our editorial team explores the trend, and other interesting global tech news this week.

    0:29 - Mental health & prayer apps and your privacy

    • Read Mozilla Foundation's report for context

      • 7:48 - Why Central African Republic has adopted Bitcoin as official currency

      19:51 - Why Nigeria's Eden life acquired Kenya's Lynk

      27:06 - Why funding news slowed down in April

      Register for the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit by visiting blockchain.techpoint.africa. See list of confirmed speakers here.

      Email us your feedback at [email protected]. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

       

      38 min
    • Hacking web3 with web2

      On Monday, April 25, 2022, news broke that Elon Musk would acquire social media platform, Twitter for $44 billion, ending speculations after he had first acquired a stake in the company. While the sale has not been finalised, some changes in the European Union could affect its business.

      On today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss:

      0:33 - The EU's Digital Services Act

      • Read more: Facebook doesn’t know what it does with your data, or where it goes
      • Bonus: What Seun Osewa and Mark Zuckerberg have in common

        • 11:00 - Bored Ape Instagram account hack and NFT scams

        • Read more: Making sense of the Web3 buzz through the eyes of an African investor, founder, and designer

          • 19:17 - Farmerline to use new funding to strengthen its infrastructure, help farmers create wealth

          • Bonus: Blockchain-powered insurance — How Etherisc is insuring Kenyan farms against bad climate

            • Register for the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit or register for the TABS Web3 Hackathon

            Email us your feedback at [email protected]. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

            29 min
          • Why is Elon Musk buying Twitter?

            Yesterday, April 25, 2022, Twitter’s board of directors announced that it had agreed to be acquired by an entity owned by Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, at approximately $44 billion. If you’ve been following this closely, then you also know that this means the microblogging platform is going private. 

            • 0:45 - But why does Elon Musk want Twitter? Context
            • 5:31 - Google's motivation providing fibre optic internet for Africa. Context
            • 16:19 - Blockchain to combat certification fraud in Africa? Context

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              27 min
            • Ads coming to Netflix?

              Tech platforms have often aided this growth, and on the podcast today, we discussed Netflix’s plan to include ads in a cheaper plan, Google’s first African product development centre, and the promise of Nigerian digital banks.

              • Listen to Built in Africa epsiode about Enye: Upscaling budding engineers, connecting them to startup founders
              • Read how Microsoft’s Adora Nwodo is living the software engineering dream she had as a 6-year-old

                • Email us your feedback at [email protected]. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

                44 min
              • Insider trading or not?

                In today's edition of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we do some fact-checking, and reveal new information, around allegations raised by investigative Journalist, David Hundeyin against African fintech behemoth Flutterwave.

                But before our reporter, Ogheneruemu, shared some very interesting fact-checks about the whole Flutterwave issue, we kicked things off on a lighter and more positive note.

                0:00 - Intro

                1:07 - Bitcoin fans are psycopaths? 

                4:43 - Airtel Nigeria's first commercial data centre

                11:59 - Flutterwave insider trading fact-check

                Bonus
                • Inside MainOne’s top secret Data Centre in Lagos, Nigeria
                • SEC v. Stiefel Laboratories, Inc., et al.

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                  31 min
                • 'Twas NFT weekend!

                  In the words of Bolu Abiodun, it was definitely an NFT weekend. From the coffin guys to Baba Onilu, the non-fungible token market was on a spree. We — well, mostly Bolu — talked about how a “stale” meme was sold for over a million dollars and why we should probably dig up and mint some of our grandparents’ pictures.

                  • Register for Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit - https://blockchain.techpoint.africa/
                  • Listen to Twitter Space on Web3 - https://bit.ly/3xjyBQO
                  • Read all articles and reports referenced in today's episode - https://linktr.ee/techpointafrica

                    • Email us your feedback at [email protected].

                    Listen every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 AM (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart Radio or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

                    41 min
                  • How to validate your NIN and avoid crowds

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                    Read all articles and reports referenced in today's episode - https://linktr.ee/techpointafrica

                    Email us your feedback at [email protected].

                    Listen every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 AM (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart Radio or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

                    31 min
                  • Flutterwave, Clara & a sprinkle of fintech

                    Read all articles and reports referenced in today's episode - https://linktr.ee/techpointafrica

                    Email us your feedback at [email protected].

                    Listen every Thursday at 4 PM (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart Radio or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

                    58 min

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