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Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast we look at policies, initiatives, reports, rumours and banter that made the news in the African tech space this week. The stories: * CBN directs banks to obtain customers' social media handles * Uganda to provide Internet access to over 1.5 million refugees * Eyowo's reported shutdown * PalmPay reportedly hits 25m users, unveils savings plan with 20% annual interest

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and Intelpoint's newsletter - https://intelpoint.co/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg 09:30 - CBN's social media KYC regulations 16:54 - Ugandan refugees to get Internet access 23:54 - Eyowo's reported shutdown 32:48 - Palmpay's interesting numbers Useful links * CBN could face legal action if it doesn't withdraw regulations on social media handles * Uganda to provide Internet access to over 1.5 million refugees to help them develop digital skills * What's going on at Eyowo? * PalmPay reportedly hits 25m users, unveils savings plan with strange 20% annual interest * inDrive gets licence to operate in Kenya * CBN sets transaction caps for contactless payments

This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede

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