Salesforce Partners Workday to Unveil New AI-Ready Solutions
Salesforce and Workday have announced plans for an AI employee service agent that will automate tasks, provide personalized support, and provide data-driven insights to help employees work smarter and faster, making it the #1 AI CRM. Salesforce’s new Agentforce Platform and Einstein AI, together with Workday’s platform and AI, will
Read moreDigital marketing startup Plaiced has acquired Precursor Ventures-backed Clutch
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Read moreZeroTier raises $13.5M to help avert CrowdStrike-like network problems
With the CrowdStrike update continuing to cause havoc across the planet, a startup has raised $13.5 million to at least improve some level of security for the kinds of devices that have been affected. California-based ZeroTier raised the Series A in a funding round led by Battery Ventures. While legacy
Read moreMoniepoint Enhances Financial Access with New Collaborations
Moniepoint Inc. has highlighted the importance of a collaborative and holistic stakeholder approach in advancing financial and economic inclusion in Nigeria. During a recent high-level policy dialogue in Washington, DC, between the Nigerian government and private sector stakeholders, Moniepoint Inc.’s Group CEO and Co-Founder, Tosin Eniolorunda, emphasized the need for
Read moreA variation on Rock, Paper, Scissors
Imagine in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors one player is free to play as usual but the other is required to choose each option the same number of times. That is, in 3n rounds of the game, the disadvantaged player much choose Rock n times, Paper n times, and
Read moreApple cuts iPhone price in India amid China slowdown
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Read moreMicrosoft calls for Windows changes and resilience after CrowdStrike outage
Image: The Verge Microsoft is still helping CrowdStrike clean up the mess that kicked off a week ago when 8.5 million PCs went offline due to a buggy CrowdStrike update. Now, the software giant is calling for changes to Windows, and has dropped some subtle hints that it’s prioritizing making
Read moreCollaborating for a Safer E-Hailing Industry in South Africa
South Africa’s e-hailing industry is on a fast track, with an annual growth rate of 5.26%. However, safety concerns could act as a speed bump on this growth trajectory. While the recently signed National Land Transport Act (NLTA) empowers the transport minister to introduce safety measures, real progress requires a
Read moreOn the web, data doesn’t define us. It creates us.
In this episode, Ben interviews Jannis Kallinikos, a professor at Luiss University in Rome, Italy about his new book Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy, coauthored with Cristina Alaimo. They discuss the social impact of data, explore the idea that data filters how we see the world and interact with
Read moreEgypt’s MNT-Halan banks $157.5M, gobbles up a fintech in Turkey to expand
MNT-Halan, a fintech unicorn out of Egypt, is on a consolidation march. The microfinance and payments startup has raised $157.5 million in funding and is using the money in part to fund the acquisition of another fintech, Tam Finans, to expand into Turkey. Tam Finans provides financing to micro-enterprises and
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