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Turns out Ghana\u2019s top cop\u2014 Inspector General of Police John Kudalor thinks that blocking social media access across the country might be necessary to ensure Ghana\u2019s national security on election day in November 2016. \n\nMr Kudalor reckons that Ghana might do well to learn from the example set by other countries on the continent and around the world that have take similar steps in the recent past\u2014 Uganda no doubt being top of mind.\n\nIt's likely that the Inspector General\u2019s comments might have been made to test public sentiment on the issue ahead of the polls. However, if the chill we're picking up on Twitter is anything to go by, Ghanaians don\u2019t seem to be terribly concerned at the prospect of having to survive 24 hours or so without access to Facebook and Twitter come November 7th. Ah, well\u2026\n\nMeanwhile, in place of our discussion segment on the African Tech Round-up this week, we feature part of a recent in-depth conversation Andile Masuku had with Stephen van Coller, who is the Chief Executive for Corporate and Investment Banking at Barclays Africa. \n\nListen in to hear Stephen tell Andile how Barclays Plc\u2019s imminent plans to shed its investments in Africa will impact the business he runs, and why he is confident that fintech startups on the continent will never completely disrupt incumbents within the financial services industry.\n\nBonus: Look out for a comment made by Nigeria\u2019s leading podcaster, Andre Blaze Henshaw, on why he reckons that podcasting as a medium is going to be huge in the media scene of the future.\n\nMusic Credits:\nMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nMusic licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0