Techpoint Africa Podcast

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

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  

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/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter/    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    

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 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

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 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