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Outsource Accelerator

OA 605: South African Success - 1,200 Staff in 5 Years with Sean Effune of Afrishore BPO

Outsourcing podcast Get the full show notes for this outsourcing podcast here: outsourceaccelerator.com/605 In five years, Sean Effune has built Afrishore BPO from a South African business with no international clients into a 1,200-person operation serving the US and UK. As president and founder, he joined the Outsource Accelerator Podcast to explain how he did it and where he is taking it next. The conversation spans Afrishore's rapid rise, what South Africa offers the outsourcing world, and a grounded view of AI. References: Website: https://afrishorebpo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afrishore-bpo/ Start Outsourcing Outsource Accelerator can help you transform your business with outsourcing. Get in touch now , or use one of the resources below. Business Process Outsourc

Staffing and Recruitment·US·8 Oct 2026·Podcast·BPORead full article →
TechCabal

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Worth a MNT

In today's edition: MNT-Halan floats shares in blockbuster IPO || Quickmart founders get a way out || South Africa’s end-user subscriber rules are stuck || Ghana carves out a space agency

Start Ups·Global·8 Oct 2026·Article·AfricaRead full article →
Disrupt Africa

YC-backed Bujeti launches AI “teammates” to take manual work off African finance teams

Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has made Brain, an agentic AI platform for finance teams, publicly available following a two-week private beta. Founded by Cossi Achille Arouko and Samy Chiba, Bujeti offers corporate cards with real-time controls, vendor payment automation with multi-level approvals, budgeting, invoicing, business accounts, a tax module, payroll and a mobile app. More [...] The post YC-backed Bujeti launches AI “teammates” to take manual work off African finance teams appeared first on Disrupt Africa .

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Personnel Today

What happens to credentials in the age of AI?

Depending on CVs and credentials as the best indicators of job suitability is quickly becoming outdated. How should HR adapt? The post What happens to credentials in the age of AI? appeared first on Personnel Today .

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The Bridge JP

Every WiLL, which Develops Unmanned Parcel Pickup Points, Secures Funding from ON&BOARD and Others—Totaling ¥1.3 Billion Including Grants and Loans

On the 7th, Every WiLL, which operates the unmanned parcel pickup point “Toriiku Spot,” announced that it has conducted a seed round third-party allotment of new shares with ON&BOARD (ON&BOARD Investment Business Limited Partnership), East Ventures, and the Japan Startup Support Association as underwriters. Read more. Including grants and subsidies approved and decided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Saitama Prefecture, and the Okinawa General Bureau of the Cabinet Office, as well as loans from financial institutions, the total business funding amounts to ¥1.3 billion. The specific amount raised through the third-party allotment of new shares has not been disclosed. Toriiku Spot is an...

Start Ups·APAC·8 Oct 2026·ArticleRead full article →
The Bridge JP

Flyle, an AI Agent for Contact Center Operations, Raises ¥1.88 Billion in Series A Funding—AI Operator to Launch Officially in November

Flyle, the company behind the AI agent “Flyle” for contact center and CX operations, announced on the 7th that it has raised ¥1.88 billion in Series A funding through a third-party allotment of new shares to existing and new investors. This brings the total funding since its inception to approximately ¥2.27 billion. Read more. The company lists ALPHA, ALL STAR SAAS FUND, Firstlight Capital, Aflac Ventures Japan, Japan Post Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mizuho Capital, and SMBC Venture Capital as investors following the Series A round. The funds will be allocated to product development and strengthening customer support systems, accelerating the transformation of companies gradually integrating AI. In...

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