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YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria

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Startups have sought to use technology to digitize processes in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space over the past couple of years. Duplo , a Lagos-based fintech, is attempting to tackle these inefficiencies by digitizing payment flows for B2B companies, starting with those in this industry. 100 (~$0.20) to ?1,000

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Startup studio eFounders reaches portfolio valuation of $2 billion

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In practical terms, it means the company is building B2B SaaS startups with a focus on productivity and workflows. The startup studio tries to find a CEO and a CTO. It’s a model that isn’t scalable — it’s hand crafted,” he said. We want to remain focused on software with a B2B angle — not enterprise but long-tail B2B.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

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Reusability, composability, accessibility, and scalability are some of the core elements that a good API strategy can provide to support tech trends like hybrid cloud, hyper-automation, or AI.” agrees that APIs remain relevant in today’s tech landscape, especially for B2B connections. “In

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Fintech startup Jeeves raises $180M, quadruples valuation to $2.1B in half a year

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But we have other channels that are equally as important, and growing quicker, including B2B payments, working capital loans and Jeeves Growth, which is a revenue-based financing product,” Thazhmon added. For now at least, corporate cards — which today make up about 45% of Jeeves’ business — remains its marquee product. .

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

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Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors. Robert Nyangate is the company’s CTO. ” Founders : Tobi Ololade, the CEO, was the chief technological officer of TradeBuza, a data and API infrastructure for agriculture finance.

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Which software consultants do startups love to work with?

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We also liked their flexible model — we were able to use our CTO to lead a team of six devs from the Appetiser team, with occasional UX/UI, product management and project management as needed, it was properly collaborative, not a blackbox agency arrangement. Recommended by: Leo Malave, co-founder and CTO of Orbix360 Inc.

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SwipeGuide’s CTO on data and the human element in Industry 4.0

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This is SwipeGuide , a B2B cloud-based SaaS platform that captures and scales operational knowledge, helping teams in industrial environments to create, improve, and share instructions and standard operating procedures using mobile and wearable devices. Less than a year later, she was promoted from full-stack developer to CTO. “I

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