Today on the podcast, our hosts discuss:Tanzania's unlicenced loan appsNigeria's San Francisco startup housePaystack's 2023 reportSubscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/, and Intelpoint's newsletter/ L

What you need to know about Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act

13 days ago 54m 12s

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 levyNigerian PoS agents registering wi

How Nigeria can use crypto companies to its advantage

20 days ago 44m 1s

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 acqu

Thepeer: How to properly shutdown an ailing startup

27 days ago 48m 2s

Our guest on today's podcast is Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa, Corporate and Startup Lawyer. She joins us as we discuss:The Thepeer auditSouth Africa's approved crypto asset providersNigeria's first multilingual LLMLink to Insight of the Week:

How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits

Apr 18th, 2024 45m 31s

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 raiseStarlink's troubles in AfricaLessons from building Konga by Sim ShagayaLink to Insight of the Week:

How Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency will work

Apr 13th, 2024 48m 26s

On guest on today's podcast is Dr Olumide Okubadejo, Head of Product at Sabi and AI researcher. We discuss:Africa's AI strategyZimbabwe's gold-backed currencyJump n' Pass partnering Justrite Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Me

Why are e-hailing companies sharing your data with the government?

Apr 4th, 2024 31m 47s

On today's podcast, we discuss:Thepeer's shutdownSim Shagaya's VC forayEdo State's API for ride-hailing operatorsSubscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/ Timestamps00:0

NFTs didn't die, here's what happened

Mar 28th, 2024 36m 28s

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

How Internet in Africa works

Mar 21st, 2024 41m 3s

Today's podcast sees us welcome a familiar face (Emmanuel Paul) as we discuss:New registration fees for Nigerian crypto exchangesEthiopian bank loses $40 million to system glitchNigeria's $593.6 million loss to Internet disruptionSubsc

Interswitch got a telco licence, here's what it means

Mar 13th, 2024 42m 2s

Our guest this week is Abubakar Idris, Tech Journalist at The Information and on this episode we discuss:Interswitch's 2023 financial reportLemFi's expansion to ChinaSubscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Dige

Is Binance leaving Nigeria?

Mar 7th, 2024 40m 29s

On today's podcast, we discuss:Binance stopping naira deposits and withdrawalsNigeria fining BinanceThe Brass storyMTN Nigeria's losses in 2023Attend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest hiring and employment mistakes t

CBN Vs Crypto: The full gist

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 3m

On today's podcast, we discuss:The Nigerian government's relationship with cryptoNigeria's new Bureau de Change guidelinesThe hike in Nigeria's monetary policy rateAttend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest hiring and emp

What will it take to give loans at scale in Nigeria

Feb 21st, 2024 30m 59s

On today's podcast, we have Chijioke Dozie, CEO of Nigerian fintech, Carbon, talk to us about what it would take to give loans at scale in Nigeria. This is a new format we're trying. Please let us know what you think via email (podcast@tech

Why content creators should be taxed

Feb 15th, 2024 36m 35s

Today's podcast discusses: Content creators registering with CAC, paying taxesCarbon's acquisition of Vella FinanceSubscribe to our newsletters The Modern Workplace, Equity Merchants, Techpoint Digest, and Intelpoint's newsletterTimes

Will Canal+ get its hands on MultiChoice

Feb 8th, 2024 35m 51s

Apply for the Innovest Ignite Lagos accelerator here Today's podcast discusses Mastercard gaining 3.8% shares in MTN MoMoMultiChoice rejecting Canal+ bidCBN's six months target for recertification of PoS terminals to fight fraudS

Could PlayStation games be coming to mobile phones?

Feb 1st, 2024 35m 31s

Today's podcast discusses Moniepoint's growth in 2023Nigerian PoS terminals get fraud-flagging featureSony invests in Carry1stSubscribe to The Modern Workplace - https://techpoint.africa/series/the-experts/andEquity Merchants - https

Anambra's tech hub ambition and why 2023's funding dip isn't a big deal

Jan 25th, 2024 24m 52s

Today's podcast discusses:Funding decline in AfricaAmazon Prime Video's layoffs in AfricaAnambra State's partnership to adopt the Nigeria Startup ActSubscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/series/the-experts/andFin

Fintechs are making the headlines this week

Jan 18th, 2024 38m 53s

Download the Nigerian Insurance Industry report by Intelpoint here: https://intelpoint.co/report/the-nigerian-insurance-industry/Here's what we discussed today:Kippa's ₦30 milllion internal fraud lossIyin Aboyeji's YCombinator for Africa

New year, new naira

Jan 11th, 2024 38m 45s

Happy New Year listeners! Welcome back to the Techpoint Africa Podcast. We missed recording for you guys and we begin the year discussing some truly interesting stories.What we discussed:Nigeria's stablecoinKuda's PoS terminal for business

This isn't goodbye

Dec 21st, 2023 1h 10m

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/OFGzPnu-SC8This week on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss the African tech space's top stories from this week and 2023. Its a full house, and the whole gang is in the stud

The OGs are back

Dec 14th, 2023 53m 26s

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Tk2iC4ZZ9XMToday on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we take another trip down memory lane with two special guest as they share insights on this week's hot topics in the African tec

How it all began...

Dec 7th, 2023 57m 52s

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/e7aYDlIapEgToday on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we take a trip down memory lane with two special guest who share unusual insights on the hot topics in Africa's tech space this

Cristiano Siuued, Lemfi leaves Ghana, Kenyan startups to run tax free

Nov 30th, 2023 52m 45s

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss some of this week's top stories in the African tech space.Here are the stories:Lemfi suspends Ghana operationsKenyan startups to get tax breakCristiano Ronaldo sued for $1billion Subscri

Of shutdowns, layoffs, and coups

Nov 23rd, 2023 40m 29s

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Gv7q-K0WeA8Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our hosts discuss the stories making the waves in the African tech space this week.The major stories are:Alerzo lays off 1

It's our 200th episode!!!!

Nov 16th, 2023 1h 5m

Hey guys!We've hit 200 episodes! And we had a special guest join us on the podcast today.But first, here are today's stories:US SEC delists Tingo temporarilyEdenLife pivoting to a marketplaceMTN reported plans to acquire 9obile spectrum