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Today's podcast travelled through three countries: Nigeria, Togo, and Senegal. Although the last one could more correctly be tied to Francophone Africa, but let's not get into technicalities. First on the list is Kuda, more popularly known as "the bank of the free", and its recent circular to customers informing them that they would start charging a ₦50 stamp duty charge on all deposits above ₦10,000. Understandably, Nigerians had quite a bit to say on this decision, and we did too. Timestamps 04:38 - Kuda Bank introduces ₦50 stamp duty 13:24 - Togo's e-Visa platform 19:26 - Wave lays off 15% of its staff Useful links Kuda Bank to charge customers ₦50 for deposits of ₦10,000 and above from July 15 Togo completes its e-Visa platform To advertise or promote your brand, visit this link or send an email to business@techpoint.africa Wave, a Stripe-backed African fintech valued at $1.7 billion, cut 15% of its staff in June Oui Capital's form for laid-off Wave employees Scaling with stellar communication technologies at the Termii Elevate 1.0 Conference This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories. ...

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/_N-WQCCmSK4 Today's podcast was choke-full of news and the editorial team definitely had a lot to say. From The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau's investigation of Philps Consulting and UBA to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBBS) report on an increase in e-payment transactions to YouTube plans to launch a streaming marketplace and Signal's privacy breach, today's episode was packed. To advertise or promote your brand, visit this link or send an email to business@techpoint.africa Follow this link to download the Whistle app on the Google Play Store  Timestamps 1:31 - Nigeria Data Protection Bureau investigates United Bank for Africa 14:57 - E-payment transactions increase by 40% in Nigeria 24:05 - YouTube plans to launch a streaming marketplace 29:00 - Bolt no longer offers personal rides in Tanzania 32:27 - 1,900 Signal users exposed to data breach Useful links The Bureau investigates UBA Fraud, Ponzi Schemes and Terror Financing: A Story About Banking In Nigeria What exactly does Truecaller do with your data? A hacker’s deep dive E-payment transactions grow by 40% to ₦205.4trn in H1 2022- NIBSS report Why you should care about the Nigeria Startup Bill YouTube 'advances plans to launch streaming video marketplace' Bolt now serves only corporate customers in Tanzania Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach Data privacy is a myth, Facebook is the scapegoat With privacy fears, yet numerous benefits, WhatsApp users face the Hedgehog’s Dilemma This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and edited by Múyìwá Mátùlúkò Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.   ...