Hacking web3 with web2

On Monday, April 25, 2022, news broke that Elon Musk would acquire social media platform, Twitter for $44 billion, ending speculations after he had first acquired a stake in the company. While the sale has not been finalised, some changes in the European Union could affect its business.

On today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss:

0:33 - The EU's Digital Services Act

• Read more: Facebook doesn’t know what it does with your data, or where it goes
• Bonus: What Seun Osewa and Mark Zuckerberg have in common

11:00 - Bored Ape Instagram account hack and NFT scams

• Read more: Making sense of the Web3 buzz through the eyes of an African investor, founder, and designer

19:17 - Farmerline to use new funding to strengthen its infrastructure, help farmers create wealth

• Bonus: Blockchain-powered insurance — How Etherisc is insuring Kenyan farms against bad climate

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