This episode is also available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/HtNJXbIJANk Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, we discuss several hot topics sweeping the African tech space this week. The stories: Payday suspends partnership with Mastercard South Africa's Information Regulator fines the Department of Justice R5 million PoS users in Lagos to pay more in transaction charges OPay caps free transfers to other banks to three daily Subscribe to The Workaholic - https://techpoint.africa/subject/work/ and Fintech Today - https://techpoint.africa/subject/fintech/ and Techpoint Digest - https://techpoint.africa/subject/techpoint-digest/ and Intelpoint's newsletter - https://intelpoint.co/ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - Meta launches Threads 09:34 - Payday suspends Mastercard partnership 17:58 - Payday COO steps down 20:48 - South Africa's Department of Justice fined R5 million 25:25 - Lagosians to pay more for PoS services 34:51 - Opay caps free transfers to other banks Useful links Meta’s Threads app launches in 100 countries, hitting 10 million users in 7 hours Payday suspends virtual card partnership with Mastercard, directs users to Visa Payday Co-founder to step down after 18 months South Africa's Department of Justice fined R5 million over ransomware attack PoS users to pay more in Lagos Nigeria's competition regulator bars PoS operators from increasing transaction fees OPay caps free bank transfers to 3 per day as economic realities set in MultiChoice Kenya to increase DStv and GOtv prices again This episode was produced by Ogheneruemu Oneyibo and Gracious Sede 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