Description

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/_N-WQCCmSK4

Today's podcast was choke-full of news and the editorial team definitely had a lot to say.

From The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau's investigation of Philps Consulting and UBA to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBBS) report on an increase in e-payment transactions to YouTube plans to launch a streaming marketplace and Signal's privacy breach, today's episode was packed.

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Timestamps

1:31 - Nigeria Data Protection Bureau investigates United Bank for Africa

14:57 - E-payment transactions increase by 40% in Nigeria

24:05 - YouTube plans to launch a streaming marketplace

29:00 - Bolt no longer offers personal rides in Tanzania

32:27 - 1,900 Signal users exposed to data breach

Useful links

• The Bureau investigates UBA
• Fraud, Ponzi Schemes and Terror Financing: A Story About Banking In Nigeria
• What exactly does Truecaller do with your data? A hacker’s deep dive
• E-payment transactions grow by 40% to ₦205.4trn in H1 2022- NIBSS report
• Why you should care about the Nigeria Startup Bill
• YouTube 'advances plans to launch streaming video marketplace'
• Bolt now serves only corporate customers in Tanzania
• Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach
• Data privacy is a myth, Facebook is the scapegoat
• With privacy fears, yet numerous benefits, WhatsApp users face the Hedgehog’s Dilemma

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and edited by Múyìwá Mátùlúkò

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