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The prolonged deadline for the linkage came to an end on Monday, April 4, 2022, and caused disconnected subscribers to troop to the nearest National Identification Management Commission’s (NIMC) office to have their lines unbarred. However, many have been unable to link their SIMs as NIMC seems to be unable to verify NINs. According to Premium Times, over 7.5 million MTN subscribers are yet to get their NINs verified by the NIMC. This is where we began our discussion on today's edition of the Techpoint Africa Podcast. 1:03 - MTN yet to reactivate 7.5 million phone lines 5:01 - Proposed tarrif increase by Nigerian telcos 11:22 - YouTube Go is shutting down 19:50 - Elon Musk's plans for Twitter (would you pay to use?) From hashtags to the reality: 5 impactful social movements in Nigeria that started on Twitter Register for the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit by visiting blockchain.techpoint.africa. See list of confirmed speakers here. Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories. ...
In today's edition of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we do some fact-checking, and reveal new information, around allegations raised by investigative Journalist, David Hundeyin against African fintech behemoth Flutterwave. But before our reporter, Ogheneruemu, shared some very interesting fact-checks about the whole Flutterwave issue, we kicked things off on a lighter and more positive note. 0:00 - Intro 1:07 - Bitcoin fans are psycopaths? 4:43 - Airtel Nigeria's first commercial data centre 11:59 - Flutterwave insider trading fact-check Bonus Inside MainOne’s top secret Data Centre in Lagos, Nigeria SEC v. Stiefel Laboratories, Inc., et al. Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories. ...
Today's episode is supported by Microsoft 4Afrika. Visit https://microsoft.com/4afrika/ to learn more. Attend SME Clinic tomorrow, February 29. https://smeclinic.techpoint.africa/ Nigerian startups raised $377m in 2019, more than twice what they did in 2018. Download the full report. https://intelligence.techpoint.africa/form.php?report=NSFR2019 Read all Techpoint articles referenced on today's episode here. https://techpoint.africa/topics/techpoint-africa-podcast-25/ Plugs: Apply for the upcoming Techpoint Startup School in March. https://school.techpoint.africa/ Apply for Pitch Storm for a chance to win $10,000 for your startup. https://techpoint.africa/2020/01/24/apply-for-pitchstorm-2020/ Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. 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. ...
