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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

CIO

When I last dedicated an episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast to the state of tech talent, we were just coming out of a multi-year “sellers” market, and we could sense that we were hitting an inflection point. After the show wrapped, we spent some more time discussing IT talent trends from the executive recruiter’s perspective.

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

TechCrunch

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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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO

To ensure vendor relationship help their organizations achieve their goals, IT leaders should establish a comprehensive technology vendor management strategy focused on maximizing fit and value. A few years ago, supply-chain snags had CIOs looking for new technology,” Beasley says.

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HR platform WorkTorch raises $2.2M seed round

TechCrunch

We started leaning into what was happening to people post-hire and have started to focus on career development and talent retention tools,” Gladney continued. “So Investors were drawn to WorkTorch due to shifting U.S. billion HR tech startups raised last year. This is Gladney and Muhwezi-Hall finding space in the current trend.

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What it takes to succeed as a CIO today

CIO

The market for technology talent has been white hot over the past year. The four of us had a wide-ranging conversation about the broader environment and how it’s affecting the role of technology leaders. The four of us had a wide-ranging conversation about the broader environment and how it’s affecting the role of technology leaders.

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8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022

TechCrunch

All this M&A activity and repricing in the public insurtech cohort left us wondering about their private peers: Are the same trends at play, and to what extent? Smart legacy insurance companies are looking for insurtechs that have great technology, but not enough customers or premium volume to get the most value out of the technology.

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The return of the lean, green startup

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. As tech stocks take a hit, the big question on my mind is how a dip in market performance impacts early-stage startups. You’re raising money, but is it to hire, develop, acquire or just be able to exist? The market is down.