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Using data mining and machine learning, Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service plans to make it harder to evade taxes. Listen to today’s episode of #TechpointAfricaPodcast to learn how it plans to do that.
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On today’s #TechpointAfricaPodcast, we discuss what the “great reset” of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem will look like, among other things.
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Fintechs dominate the African tech ecosystem; 62% (~$2.9 billion) of total startup funding went to fintech in 2021 but does this mean we have too many of them? On today’s edition of #TechpointAfricaPodcast, we decided to weigh in on the debate.
The Federal Government of Nigeria barred several telco subscribers from making calls after they failed to link their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to their Subscriber Identification Module (SIM). The prolonged deadline for the linkage came to an end on Monday, April 4, 2022, and caused disconnected subscribers to troop to the nearest National Identification Management…
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Y Combinator’s impact on Africa, what MTN is up to in South Africa, and other stories we discussed on today’s episode of #TechpointAfricaPodcast. Listen here
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…
How will the European Union’s Digital Services Act affect tech businesses? Find out on the Techpoint Africa podcast.
What would you do with $44 billion? If your name is Elon Musk, it means you just bought Twitter. On today’s #TechpointAfricaPodcast, we discussed this and other interesting stories from the weekend.
Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss Netflix’s plans for ads, Google’s Kenyan product development center, and the failed promise of Nigerian digital banks.
There’s been a lot of buzz around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and it’s only getting bigger. In today’s edition of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we talk about the new milestone NFTs have just reached in Q1 2022 — $50 billion in trading volume. This is in sharp to the $23 billion recorded in the whole of…
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In today’s edition of the #TechpointAfricaPodcast, we do some fact-checking, and reveal new information, around allegations raised by investigative Journalist, David Hundeyin against the CEO of African fintech behemoth, Flutterwave.
Should you mint your grandparents’ old pictures as NFTs? We discussed this and more on today’s Techpoint Africa Podcast.
Its a new week and with the new week comes another episode of the Techpoint Africa podcast. This week, we discussed the bullying allegations against Flutterwave’s founder, MTN’s contribution to Nigeria’s tax revenue, and the fresh capital raised by ZirooPay and SmartWage. We kicked off by discussing the recent furore surrounding Flutterwave and its founder…
YC goes to Sudan and other stories we discussed on today’s episode of #TechpointAfricaPodcast. Listen here