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All the best stories on startups, technology and innovation this week [View this email in your browser]( Weekly Newsletter Techpoint Inspired 2019: Some speakers confirmed On the 1st of June 2019, experts and enthusiasts from Africa and around the world will gather at the Pistis Conference Centre, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria for Techpoint Inspired 2019. Keynotes and workshops will be centred around the Future of Work, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cryptocurrency, blockchain and more new technologies and, most importantly, what they all mean for you. Even though every part promises to be insightful, the newly included workshops at Techpoint Inspired 2019 will be some of the most important parts of this year’s conference. In these workshops, there will be presentations, panels, debates, fireside chats, and question and answer sessions that will involve experts from around the world. These combined sessions will feature explorations, expositions and deep dive discussions on the focus topics of each workshop. Confirmed speakers for Techpoint Inspired 2019 include - Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne. - Wale Akanbi, Co-founder / CTO, Aella Credit. - Lola Kassim, General Manager, West Africa, Uber. - Prof. Marziar Nekovee, Professor, Engineering & Design, Sussex University UK. - Bosun Tijani, Co-founder / CEO, Co Creation Hub. - Ngozi Aderibigbe, Sector Head, Technology, Media & Entertainment, Jackson, Etti & Edu. - Seni Sulyman, Vice President, Global Operations, Andela. - Adebayo Alonge, CoFounder/CEO RxAll Inc. USA - Robert John Thas, Google Machine Learning Expert. - Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO, All On Checkout out [speaker page]( on the Inspired website to see their bios, and other speakers as they officially get on-boarded. For more information and how to register, log on to [www.techpoint.africa/inspired.]( For sponsorship and other enquiries, email [events@techpoint.ng](mailto:events@techpoint.africa) or call +2348064616256. [Get tickets]( This week on Techpoint Africa Excerpts: [Social Media Roundup: The one about women]( This week on social media; Tiwa Savage leaves Mavin Records for the Universal Music Group, Tonto DIkeh releases new details about her ex-husband and more stories. [Read on »]( [Disney+ proposed launch, Netflix’s local content strategy and what it means for African producers]( The impending launch of Disney's video streaming platform, Netflix's response in an increasing drive for local content and what this could mean for African content producers and animators [Read on »]( [How much does mobile data cost in Africa?]( According to a recently released survey by Cable.co.uk, 10 out of the top 50 cheapest countries in the world for mobile data are in Sub-Saharan Africa. Find out more. [Read on »]( [Boomplay’s dominance and the music streaming market in Africa]( Boomplay, Africa's fastest rising music streaming platform, recently raised $20 million in Series A funding. What does this mean for the continent's music streaming market? [Read on »]( [Benin Internet shutdown is yet another reminder that African governments don’t get digital rights]( African governments are increasingly trying to control what's said online, as Benin Republic becomes latest country to enforce an Internet shut down [Read on »]( [With plans to expand across West Africa, could Konga get another shot at profitability?]( Efforts by Konga, one of the leading eCommerce platforms in Nigeria, to attain profitability within the next couple of years by expanding to other West African countries. [Read on »]( [Facebook’s FbStart Accelerator inaugural cohort may have earned their graduation, but they still have their work cut out for them]( The first cohort of Facebook and CcHUB's FbStart Accelerator recently graduated from a 6-month intensive programme. We take a surface-level look at their prospects in the Nigerian market. [Read on »]( If you have any thoughts, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to hit the reply button; I'd love to hear from you. Muyiwa Matuluko Editor-in-Chief, Techpoint.Africa Copyright © 2019 Techpoint Africa, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Techpoint.africa newsletter. Our mailing address is: Techpoint Africa 8 Adebayo Mokuolu street, beside Hotel Newcastle, Anthony VillageLagos 100232 Nigeria [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](