Are we expecting too much from African startups?

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, our host, Chimgozirim Nwokoma is joined by Francis Ogbuka, VP Sales, Zone and Abraham Augustine, Comms & Programs Lead, Norrsken to discuss:

• Zone's decentralised PoS payment gateway
• Gro Intelligence's shutdown
• The Copia Global story

Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and  Intelpoint's newsletter/    Link to Insight of the Week: Jumia Group recorded its highest loss in 2019, the year it was listed on the NYSE    Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - Zone's decentralised PoS payment gateway 16:01 - The Copia Global story 33:22 - Gro Intelligence's shutdown   Useful links

• Kenya-based agritech Gro Intelligence to shut down two months after slashing headcount 
• After dismissing over 1000 employees, Copia Global stops taking orders in six Kenyan markets 
• Zone launches blockchain-powered PoS payment gateway to tackle chargeback fraud 

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