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How Tech Leaders Are Using AI to Solve 10 Procurement Challenges

CIO

Thats why tech leaders need solutions now, not months from now. Thats an eternity in tech terms ; by the time a deal is signed, market conditions may have changed, new competitors emerged, or the solution itself evolved. See also: How AI is empowering tech leaders and transforming procurement. )

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The targeted approach to cloud and data CIOs need for ROI gains

CIO

We’re in publishing, but it’s the accompanying services that differentiate us on the market; the technology component is what gives value to our business.” Much of this growth is driven by investments in AI technologies, and IDC also expects cloud infrastructure spend to increase 26% compared to 2023.

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Founders of well-funded Egyptian B2B startup Capiter fired following fraud allegations

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Last September, Egyptian startup Capiter raised $33 million in Series A funding to compete in the country’s growing B2B e-commerce and retail space. Another publication stated the founders had not been reporting to the board, its representatives and shareholders during on-site in-person due diligence for a potential merger. .

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YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-commerce and retail play

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One of the earliest in the space, Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform TradeDepot , raised a combined $110 million in debt and equity. Due to the pandemic, Akinin’s construction company embarked on a COVID relief program to donate food supplies in Namibia. Then, he stumbled on the country’s B2B e-commerce retail opportunity. “We

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Peeba raises $4.2M to digitize Asia’s B2B wholesale market  

TechCrunch

Over the past two years, Asia’s retailers were forced to do virtual meetings instead of visiting in-person trade shows or conferences to source new brands and products due to the pandemic lockdowns. The startup has secured $4.2 million in seed funding led by Headline Ventures. The new round of funding brings its total raised to $5.8

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Fintech Roundup: Due diligence makes a comeback and a former Better.com employee speaks out

TechCrunch

Investors appeared to be backing some startups in part due to FOMO, and that’s not necessarily a good thing. It’s an absolutely different environment from Q4 of last year,” he said, “not just in terms of the level of diligence but also, in the access to capital. And in his view, and mine quite frankly, that’s not a bad thing.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.