Big tech troubles in Africa

Two weeks ago, we discussed the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filing civil lawsuits against Mirror Trading International Proprietary Limited, a South African company and its CEO for a $1.7 billion Bitcoin fraud scheme.

Well, it appears all the victims might not be getting their money. But that's not all we discussed on today's podcast. Big tech appears to be getting the heat on the African continent, with Amazon and Kenya once again in the news

Timestamps

04:10 - Quick rundown of the Termii Elevate Conference

11:57 - Why Amazon's Development Centre in South Africa is facing delays

20:03 - Meta's lawsuit in Kenya

Useful links

• Podcast where we discussed the MTI scandal
• Termii Elevate 1.0 Conference — Scaling with stellar communication technologies
• South Africa’s Amazon Development Centre may be cancelled
• Meta faces pressure from rights groups to stop gagging Daniel Motaung
• Why Facebook labelled content from #LekkiMassacre2020 incident ‘false’

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and edited by Múyìwá Mátùlúkò

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