Everton's SportPesa out in Kenya, Jumia loses $2.6bn market cap, yet another YC-backed 'failure'?

October 18, 2019 00:12:00
Everton's SportPesa out in Kenya, Jumia loses $2.6bn market cap, yet another YC-backed 'failure'?
Techpoint Africa Podcast
Everton's SportPesa out in Kenya, Jumia loses $2.6bn market cap, yet another YC-backed 'failure'?

Oct 18 2019 | 00:12:00

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Chimgozirim Nwokoma Oluwanifemi Kolawole Bolu Abiodun

Show Notes

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast: Nigerian Twitter finds yet another trend after overflogging “Sco pa tu mana”. https://techpoint.africa/2019/10/15/twitter-trend-bomboclaat/ Facebook now has 33 million monthly active users in Nigeria. https://techpoint.africa/2019/10/14/facebook-nigeria-active-users/ How Jumia lost its unicorn status, shedding $2.6bn market cap in 6 months. https://techpoint.africa/2019/10/14/jumia-lost-2bn-market-cap/ Where is YC-backed Envyl delivering packages to now? Ghana, Nigeria, or nowhere? https://techpoint.africa/2019/10/17/where-is-yc-backed-envyl-delivering-packages-to-now-ghana-nigeria-or-nowhere/ Listen every Friday at 8 AM (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, TuneIn or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

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