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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss Telkom's beef with South Africa's President, Standard Chartered shutting down international spending on naira cards, and Ubenwa $2.5m pre-seed raise. Telkom is suing South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa for directing the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) to launch an investigation into the telco. From what we hear, there's some issue with a sale in 2006, and there are even more lawsuits in the offing. Timestamps 01:03 - Telkom sues South Africa President 07:21 - Standard Chartered cancels international naira cards 15:01 - Ubenwa's AI for babies-inspired funding Useful links Telkom sues Ramaphosa, wants SIU probe stopped StanChart to suspend using naira debit card for international spending from August 1st Can a baby’s cry identify neurological disorders? Ubenwa says ‘yes’ From Katsina to the world: How Abdulhakim Bashir, founder of AI startup, Chiniki Guard, rose to international prominence This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and edited by Múyìwá Mátùlúkò To advertise or promote your brand, visit this link or send an email to business@techpoint.africa Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories. ...
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. ...
