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   Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/,  ..read more

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  Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/    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 inflati ..read more

On today's podcast, we discuss: Thepeer's shutdown Sim Shagaya's VC foray Edo State's API for ride-hailing operators Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/    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 introdu ..read more

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 transf ..read more

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 Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/    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 Regi ..read more

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 Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/    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 ..read more

On today's podcast, we discuss: Binance stopping naira deposits and withdrawals Nigeria fining Binance The Brass story MTN Nigeria's losses in 2023 Attend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest hiring and employment mistakes that can lead to litigation, penalties, and loss of funds (and how to avoid them)   Register to attend here.   Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/    Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - What happened with Binance in Nigeria? 16:43 - The Brass story 33:04 ..read more

On today's podcast, we discuss: The Nigerian government's relationship with crypto Nigeria's new Bureau de Change guidelines The hike in Nigeria's monetary policy rate   Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/    Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:33 - CBN vs crypto 19:23 - Nigeria's new Bureau de Change guidelines 39:16 - Nigeria's MPR hike   Useful links CBN allegedly plans to shut down all crypto websites in Nigeria  Two Binance executives arrested in Nigeria Proposed Bureau de Change guideli ..read more

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@techpoint.africa) or in the Q & A section on Spotify.   Attend our webinar on the Employer Handbook: The 5 biggest hiring and employment mistakes that can lead to litigation, penalties, and loss of funds (and how to avoid them)   Register to attend here.   Subscribe to The Modern Workplace, Equity Merchants, Techpoint Diges ..read more

Today's podcast discusses:  Content creators registering with CAC, paying taxes Carbon's acquisition of Vella Finance Subscribe to our newsletters The Modern Workplace, Equity Merchants, Techpoint Digest, and Intelpoint's newsletter   Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:44 - CAC and content creators 12:54 - Carbon acquires Vella Finance   Useful links CAC says content creators must register, pay taxes Carbon acquires Nigerian fintech startup Vella Finance to become Carbon Business This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede   Email us y ..read more