Techpoint Africa Podcast

Techpoint Africa Podcast

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Techpoint Africa Podcast episodes

  • 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 [email protected]. Visit www.techpoint.africa/ for more stories.
         
        Music - Beach by MBB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
         
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        37 min
      • 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
             
            Email us your feedback at [email protected]. Visit www.techpoint.africa/ for more stories.
             
            Music - Beach by MBB -
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk
             
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            55 min
          • 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 [email protected]. 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
                45 min
              • 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/

                  Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/ 
                   
                  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 [email protected]. 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
                     
                    49 min
                  • How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits
                    Our guest on today's podcast is Temitope Adeyemi, CEO and Founder, insurtech startup, Pay-U. He joins us as we discuss:
                    • Pula's $20m raise
                    • Starlink's troubles in Africa
                    • Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya
                      • Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/multichoices-revenue-has-been-growing-at-an-average-of-4/
                       
                      Download Intelpoint's The Nigerian Insurance Industry report here
                       
                      Listen to the episode where we first talked about Sim Shagaya's VC foray: https://podcast.techpoint.africa/episodes/tap-218
                       
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                      Timestamps
                      00:00 - Intro
                      03:16 - Pula's $20m raise
                      27:26 - Starlink's troubles in Africa
                      35:01 - Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya 
                       
                      Useful links
                      • Kenya’s Pula gets $20 million Series B to offer insurance to 100 million farmers in Africa
                      • Telecom regulator orders Starlink to cut off subscribers in Zimbabwe
                      • Starlink to disconnect subscribers in Ghana, South Africa, Botswana
                      • Inside Sim Shagaya's mission to fund and support resilient African entrepreneurs
                      • Sim Shagaya on lessons learnt building Konga
                        • This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
                         
                        Email us your feedback at [email protected]. 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
                         
                         
                        46 min
                      • How Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency will work
                        On guest on today's podcast is Dr Olumide Okubadejo, Head of Product at Sabi and AI researcher. We discuss:
                        • Africa's AI strategy
                        • Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency
                        • Jump n' Pass partnering Justrite 
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                          Timestamps
                          00:00 - Intro
                          02:13 - Africa's AI strategy
                          22:51 - Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency
                          33:13 - Jump n' Pass partners Justrite 
                           
                          Useful links
                          • Zimbabwe just introduced a new gold-backed currency in an attempt to fight inflation and wean off the US dollar
                          • Paul Graham "delve" debate highlights 3 reasons Africa needs its own AI strategy/
                          • Self-checkout startup, Jump n Pass, partners Justrite to activate queue-jumping service/ across all its stores in Nigeria
                            • This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
                             
                            Email us your feedback at [email protected]. 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
                            49 min
                          • Why are e-hailing companies sharing your data with the government?
                            On today's podcast, we discuss:
                            • Thepeer's shutdown
                            • Sim Shagaya's VC foray
                            • Edo State's API for ride-hailing operators
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                              Timestamps
                              00:00 - Intro
                              00:50 - Thepeer shutdown
                              10:34 - Sim Shigaya's VC foray
                              15:06 - Edo State's API for ride-hailing operators
                               
                              Useful links
                              • Thepeer announces shutdown, citing compliance struggles; investor funds to be returned
                              • Sim Shagaya enters venture capital space with “The Honey Badger Fund ”
                              • Edo State to introduce API integration for Bolt, Uber and other e-hailing operators
                                This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
                                 
                                Email us your feedback at [email protected]. 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
                                32 min
                              • NFTs didn't die, here's what happened

                                Today's podcast is all about Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and we have Michael Ugwu, NFT Collector, Angel Investor, and CEO Freeme Digital as our guest.

                                 
                                2021 was the year of NFTs, but once the bear run started, the rave died down. But the real question is, are NFTs dead? Michael answers this and more on today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast.
                                 
                                Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ 
                                 
                                Timestamps
                                00:00 - Intro
                                02:47 - We meet Michael
                                04:25 - How big an investment NFTs were
                                07:32 - How transformational NFTs were to the art space in Africa
                                09:27 - What happened to NFTs?
                                13:13 - What's happening in the Alpha Chart market?
                                15:22 - Can NFTs be separated from crypto?
                                17:21 - The problem with the last cycle and NFTs
                                18:20 - Should creative people still turn their work into NFTs?
                                20:35 - Decentralisation unlocking more innovation
                                25:18 - Music and the NFT space
                                29:14 - NFTs do well when people get crypto rich
                                33:21 - The slogan for this year's bull run
                                 
                                Useful links
                                • MTN contemplates tariff hike to regain $101 million in forex losses 
                                • Netflix subscribers in Nigeria to pay more from April 1, 2024
                                • Commercial Bank of Ethiopia recovers $10 million from its $14 million system glitch loss 
                                  • This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
                                   
                                  Email us your feedback at [email protected]. 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
                                   
                                   
                                  37 min
                                • How Internet in Africa works
                                  Today's podcast sees us welcome a familiar face (Emmanuel Paul) as we discuss:
                                  • New registration fees for Nigerian crypto exchanges
                                  • Ethiopian bank loses $40 million to system glitch
                                  • Nigeria's $593.6 million loss to Internet disruption
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                                    Timestamps
                                    00:00 - Intro
                                    01:40 - New registration fees for Nigerian crypto exchange
                                    14:55 - Ethiopian bank loses $40 million to system glitch
                                    22:27 - Nigeria's $593.6 million loss to Internet disruption
                                     
                                    Useful link
                                    • Registration fees for crypto exchanges could go from ₦30m to ₦150m as SEC Nigeria proposes new crypto rules
                                    • The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia loses $40 million to “systems glitch”
                                    • Nigeria loses $593.6 million to Internet disruptions 
                                    • Naira devaluation forces Nigerian startups to seek local alternatives to AWS, Azure
                                      • This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
                                       
                                      Email us your feedback at [email protected]. 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
                                       
                                      42 min
                                    • Interswitch got a telco licence, here's what it means
                                      Our guest this week is Abubakar Idris, Tech Journalist at The Information and on this episode we discuss:
                                      • Interswitch's 2023 financial report
                                      • LemFi's expansion to China
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                                        Timestamps
                                        00:00 - Intro
                                        01:34 - Interswitch's 2023
                                        34:53 - LemFi'e expansion to China
                                         
                                        Useful links
                                        • Interswitch to offer telecom services in Nigeria after securing licence from NCC
                                        • LemFi Hires Ex OPay COO, Allen Qu to lead China Expansion
                                          This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo
                                           
                                          Email us your feedback at [email protected]. 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
                                           
                                          43 min

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