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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

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Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. billion, according to data from Partech.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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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.

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Bolt makes first acquisition with Tipser, launches ‘Remote Checkout’

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The ability to purchase something at the point of discovery from digital content exists, but checkout technology company Bolt has the opportunity to give that its “one-click” treatment. It announced Monday that it made its first acquisition in Tipser , a Swedish-based technology company enabling direct checkout on any digital surface.

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Finding a Perfect Technical Recruiter

Mobilunity

Instead, companies seek the assistance of skilled tech recruiters who specialize in sourcing and hunting developers and other IT experts. In this article, we’ll discuss the specifics of hiring a technical recruiter and how to choose the right one for your business. Who Are Technical Recruiters? Technical Recruiter.

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Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B to $5B in 2021

TechCrunch

The figures were closer together when we carried out another comparison in 2020 , with each study reporting between $1.3 From the type of deals reviewed to the definition of an African startup, each factor contributes to the disparities in numbers. African tech took center stage in 2021. billion to $1.5 or the U.K.

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Customer service: five trends

Xebia

Every organization has an ‘open kitchen’ due to digital customer service A restaurant chef, working in an open kitchen has to think twice about the ‘3-second rule’ when it comes to fallen food. Even due to social media, all organisations are operating with an open kitchen nowadays. Did a piece of food fall on the floor?

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