New year, new naira

Happy New Year listeners! 

Welcome back to the Techpoint Africa Podcast. We missed recording for you guys and we begin the year discussing some truly interesting stories.

What we discussed:

• Nigeria's stablecoin
• Kuda's PoS terminal for businesses
• Fez Delivery's Safe Lockers

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
01:46 - MTN and Glo callers
02:57 - What we are discussing
04:40 - Nigeria's cNGN
12:26 - Kuda's PoS for businesses
22:19 - Fez Delivery's Safe Lockers
32:15 - Other stories

Useful links

• Glo subscribers may soon be unable to call MTN lines after telcos request a tariff hike in Nigeria
• Consortium postpones Nigeria’s stablecoin cNGN launch date to comply with regulations
• Nigeria’s naira stablecoin to go live on February 27, 2024
• Kuda launches PoS terminals for businesses
• CBN sacks board of three Nigerian banks weeks after Emefiele probe
• Bolt Kenya allows riders to report offline trip and payment requests by drivers
• Cellulant’s CEO is stepping down four months after the company reduced its workforce by 20%
• Wasoko and MaxAB to reduce workforce by 10% 

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede

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