Description

This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/c2KHnF9d9zk

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our reporters discuss some stories from 2022, while welcoming the new year with some fresh news.

The stories:

• Starlink's launch in Nigeria and pricing
• Microsoft integrating ChatGPT into Bing
• Salesforce to lay off over 7,000 workers
• Techpoint is 8!

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
07:00 - Starlink's Nigeria launch
11:53 - Microsoft to imtegrate ChaGPT
16:50 - Salesforce lays off staff

Useful links

• Starlink to charge Nigerians $600 per kit
• Elon Musk’s Starlink in Nigeria
• With the promise of high-speed Internet from space, can Elon Musk’s Starlink decongest African cities?
• Microsoft to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot into its Bing search engine
• Salesforce lays off 10% of its employees
• Techpoint Africa is 8, and still profitable!
• CBN reduces withdrawal at ATMs, PoS, to ₦‎20,000 ($27) per day to further cashless policy
• CBN reverses cash withdrawal limits but continues its push for a cashless economy
• CBN’s cash withdrawal limit: 3 ways it’s good for you and 3 ways it’s not
• What Sweden and India can teach Nigeria about the cashless economy
• 6 ways the CBN’s cash withdrawal limit could benefit Nigeria’s telecom companies, from new revenue streams to increased customer penetration
• Access Bank, GTB, and Fidelity Bank recorded 26,877 fraud cases in the first half of 2022 
• Nigeria will soon recognise cryptocurrencies as legal

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Samuel Okike

Email us your feedback at podcast@techpoint.africa. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

Music - Beach by MBB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnQ8dHwDSk