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Techpoint Africa Podcast

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Lpr-9Przc0s

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast we look at policies, initiatives, reports, rumours and banter that made the news in the African tech space this week.

The stories:

• CBN directs banks to obtain customers' social media handles
• Uganda to provide Internet access to over 1.5 million refugees
• Eyowo's reported shutdown
• PalmPay reportedly hits 25m users, unveils savings plan with 20% annual interest

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

01:46 - Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg

09:30 - CBN's social media KYC regulations

16:54 - Ugandan refugees to get Internet access

23:54 - Eyowo's reported shutdown

32:48 - Palmpay's interesting numbers

Useful links

• CBN could face legal action if it doesn't withdraw regulations on social media handles
• Uganda to provide Internet access to over 1.5 million refugees to help them develop digital skills
• What's going on at Eyowo?
• PalmPay reportedly hits 25m users, unveils savings plan with strange 20% annual interest
• inDrive gets licence to operate in Kenya
• CBN sets transaction caps for contactless payments

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede

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Music - Beach by MBB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk