Nigeria’s Economic Reforms: Insights from CBN Governor.

  • April 30, 2024
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🎙 British consumer goods company PZ Cussons may sell its Africa operations. 🎙 Nigeria’s Economic Reforms: Insights from CBN Governor.  🎙 Global Upstream M&A Deals Set to Surge in 2024.  🎙Kuda, Moniepoint, OPay, and Palmpay Halt New Account Openings Amidst CBN Directive. 🎙 Kubik, a plastic upcycling startup, has raised a $1.9 million seed extension, months after announcing initial equity …

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Kenya’s Competition Authority: Online Food Delivery Hits $103M, 19% Annual Growth.

  • April 29, 2024
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🎙 National Planning Around Scarce resources. 🎙 The JSE index extended early gains to close about 1.4% up at 75,371 on Friday, a leven not seen since mid-April, mirroring global peers. 🎙 Kenya’s Competition Authority reports online food and grocery delivery platforms raked in $103 million last year, with an expected annual growth rate of over 19%. 🎙A firm associated …

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Meet the CEO: Meet Aéko Ongodia Founder & CEO of XENO.

  • April 26, 2024
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🎙 Meet the CEO: Meet Aéko Ongodia Founder & CEO of XENO. 🎙 Nigerian banks are rushing to meet new capital requirements set by the central bank, potentially sparking the largest mergers and acquisitions wave in the sector in two decades. 🎙 Flutterwave, Africa’s leading digital payments firm, undergoes corporate team restructuring in preparation for an IPO, says CEO. Read …

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Thepeer: How did a $2.1 million investment go up in smoke?

  • April 25, 2024
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Our guest on today’s podcast is Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa, Corporate and Startup Lawyer. She joins us as we discuss: The Thepeer audit South Africa’s approved crypto asset providers Nigeria’s first LLM Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/only-once-have-nigerian-fintech-startups-raised-more-than-1-billion-in-a-single-year/ Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint’s newsletter/    Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:22 – The Thepeer audit 22:21 – South Africa’s approved crypto …

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Kenya Shilling’s Appreciation Against USD May Be Reversing.

  • April 24, 2024
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🎙 African countries will pay $74-billion in debt service payments this year. 🎙Uganda’s investment culture is changing. XENO Uganda’s CEO, Aéko Ongodia, shares insights on acquiring over 100,000 clients and managing billions in investment capital in an emerging market. 🎙 The Kenya Shilling appreciation against the US Dollar appears to have finally hit the floor and could be in reverse …

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M-Kopa To Inject Over $10 Million To Boost Uptake Of Electric Motorcycles.

  • April 24, 2024
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🎙 M-Kopa to inject over $10 million to boost uptake of electric motorcycles. 🎙How can Uganda’s fourth National Development Plan be aligned with opportunities under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area during the planning phase? 🎙 The JSE index was up for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, trading above the 74,000 level, tracking most of its global peers. 🎙 …

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Nigeria to Drop to Fourth in IMF Economic Rankings.

  • April 23, 2024
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🎙 IMF forecasts predict that Nigeria, once dubbed Africa’s largest economy, is set to relinquish its crown and slide to fourth place this year. 🎙 UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned of a possible further growth deceleration in 2024, citing falling investments and subdued global trade dynamics.  🎙 A just energy transition in Uganda. Read More Good Morning Africa

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Meet the CEOs: Kazeem Tewogbade and Olumide Soyombo founders of The Bluechip Technologies Limited.

  • April 19, 2024
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🎙 Meet the CEO: Kazeem Tewogbade and Olumide Soyombo founders of The Bluechip Technologies Limited 🎙The JSE All Share index remained stable near the 73,000 level on Thursday, hovering close to one-month lows, amid varied quarterly company reports worldwide. 🎙 The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering to provide at least 300-million people in …

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How Pula wants to insure farmers against bandits

  • April 18, 2024
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Our guest on today’s podcast is Temitope Adeyemi, CEO and Founder, insurtech startup, Pay-U. He joins us as we discuss: Pula’s $20m raise Starlink’s troubles in Africa Lessons from building Konga by Sim Shagaya Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/multichoices-revenue-has-been-growing-at-an-average-of-4/   Listen to the episode where we first talked about Sim Shagaya’s VC foray: https://podcast.techpoint.africa/episodes/tap-218   Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity …

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