Central bank digital currencies are not relevant

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss some of the hot topics in the African tech space.

The stories:

• Owing salaries in Nigeria could become a crime
• Google partnering with Coinbase to accept crypto as payment for cloud services
• Namibia to get central bank digital currency
• NALA launches a new product that allows the Kenyan diaspora to pay bills on M-PESA

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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Owing salaries in Nigeria
11:01 - Google to start accepting cryptocurrency for cloud services
18:30 - Namibia is launching a central bank digital currency
30:11 - Kenyan diaspora can now pay for bills directly

Useful links

• Owing salaries is about to become a crime in Nigeria
• Google will start accepting crypto payments for its cloud services next year
• Namibian Central Bank Announces Plan to Launch CBDC
• Tanzanian fintech, NALA, launches a new feature for Kenyan diaspora customers

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede

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Music - Beach by MBB