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Nigeria’s Kippa gets $3.2M pre-seed for its small business finance management app

TechCrunch

Millions of small businesses globally, especially in emerging markets, have stayed offline for the better part of the past decade. Nigerian startup Kippa , attempting to improve the life cycle of these small businesses with its finance management app, has raised $3.2 million in pre-seed funding.

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Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M

TechCrunch

It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. Ho argued that those platforms (whether they offer delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools) all have the same underlying model: “They seek to take over a small business’ customer base and then charge them a tax to start reaching those customers.”

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How small businesses can develop a technology strategy that leverages AI

CIO

Many small business leaders are still trying to build out an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to drive efficiencies, supercharge automation and spark creative productivity among their people. Analysts expect small businesses to quickly grasp the nettle.

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Nigeria’s Prospa gets $3.8M pre-seed to offer small businesses banking and software services

TechCrunch

A f ew months past graduation, the startup, combining both worlds of banking and business management tools for micro and small businesses, has closed a $3.8 As a serial entrepreneur running businesses in tech and media, Obasi experienced how tough running operations and banking his business simultaneously was in Nigeria.

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Greece’s Viva Wallet raises $80M for its neobank targeting small business merchants

TechCrunch

Viva Wallet is not disclosing its valuation right now, but Yannis Larios, the company’s VP of strategy and business development, confirmed to us that it’s in the middle of closing a large Series D that will value it at €1.5 “Viva Wallet focuses on businesses only and will continue to do so! billion ($1.8

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Small Business, Big Threats: INE Security Launches Initiative to Train SMBs to Close a Critical Skills Gap

CIO

A Corvus study found 47% of businesses with fewer than 50 employees have no cybersecurity budget at all, even as a majority call cybersecurity a “top concern.” Providers should offer courses that are current, utilize the newest technologies, and include the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Why Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is Important for Small Business?

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Here Are The Reason Why CRM is Important for Small Business. Every business has a system and concept that they keep to ensure customer relationship is maintained as per standards. Below are a few reasons that show how customer relationship management or CRM helps in streamlining business operations and why it’s important.