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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
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Read all Techpoint articles referenced on today's episode here. https://techpoint.africa/topics/techpoint-africa-podcast-46/ Why you should attend Techpoint Build virtually https://twitter.com/Techpointdotng/status/1285535660351389696 Continue the conversation on Community. https://community.techpoint.africa/ 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. ...
E-hailing company, Bolt, has launched its African headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and the question in the mind of some Nigerians is, why not Nigeria? On Today's episode of the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we kick things off with Bolt's decision to set up its African headquarters in Kenya. While Oluwanifemi and Emmanuel shared opposing views on whether Nigerians should be bothered about the news or not, the verdict remains Kenya was a better option. Timestamps 3:57 - Bolt establishes African headquarters in Kenya 13:50 - Autochek acquires CoinAfrique 23:15 - Central African Republic launches Sango Coin Useful links Bolt plants African headquarters in Kenya Kenyan entrepreneurs welcome Google’s product development centre but could struggle to hold on to talent 5 drastic ways the Finance Act 2022 changes innovation in Kenya Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to grow its footprint in Francophone Africa CAR introduces Sango Coin This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories. ...
