The Open Africa Podcast

By: Open Africa Podcast
  • Summary

  • On this podcast 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about technology, startups, and issues across the African banking and technology ecosystems.

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Episodes
  • MTN MoMo Reshuffle, Providus Merger, and First Bank Fraud
    Sep 9 2024

    We call this the episode that almost never was but thankfully we were able to salvage it (everybody, say thank you ‘Laolu!) and now you get to listen.



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    On this episode of the podcast, Nosa, Furo, and 'Laolu talked about some new people changes at MTN MoMo, USA Mercury Bank’s decision to close accounts linked to Nigeria and implications, the Unity and Providus Bank Merger, and the 44 billion naira reported fraud at Nigeria’s First Bank.



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    59 mins
  • Global Payments and a hackathon with tbDEX
    Aug 24 2024

    On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Angie Jones, the Global Vice President of Developer Relations for tbd. This is Block’s new business unit focused on decentralized technologies to move money in a fast and compliant way.

    They discuss tbd’s flagship protocol tbDEX, and the upcoming hackathon happening at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in December.



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    We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations.


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    42 mins
  • Carbon, Cards, and Brass
    Jul 3 2024

    On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa do a deep dive into some not so exciting news in the Tech Ecosystem; Carbon shut down its debit card service over two years after launch, the reoccurring problems with Cards among Fintechs in Nigeria, Afrigo - the CBN’s Domestic Card Scheme, Prospa, and Brass’ acquisition by a Paystack-led consortium, amongst other industry news.



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    We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations.




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    1 hr

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