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Embracing Digital Solutions in Last Mile Distribution: Six Steps for Introducing New Tools to Sales Agents
COVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards greater digitalization that was already well underway in the last mile distribution sector. According to Gerwin Jansen and Yvonne Achieng at Bopinc, more digital services are coming onto the market to meet this demand – but regardless of the benefits of these tools, if sales agents don’t embrace them the business impacts will not be realized. They explore how last mile distributors can successfully embed digital solutions in their sales teams, presenting a six-step approach to rolling out new digital services to agents.
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- Technology
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Aplazo Takes in $27 Million To Increase Adoption of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ in Mexico
Four months after securing a $5.25 million seed round, Mexican buy now, pay later startup Aplazo is back with an even bigger round to expand adoption of the payment plan approach across that country.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Credlix Acquires Nuphi, Grows Supply Chain Financing Business to $100 Million
NuPhi is a Singapore based fintech company offering invoice factoring solutions to MSME exporters in India and SouthEast Asia.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: Rural Energy Leader Husk Power Systems Launches Solar Hybrid Minigrids in 6 Nigeria Communities; Targets More Than 500 Minigrids by 2026
Husk Power Systems, the rural clean energy services leader in Africa and Asia, launched its first six solar hybrid minigrids in Nigeria.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Africa, UNICEF Partner to Enhance Digital Learning in Nigeria, 12 Others
Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African multi-million dollar partnership to scale-up digital learning for school children in Nigeria and 12 other countries in Africa.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- edtech, partnerships, scale
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Healthcare Startup Africa Health Holdings Lands $18 Million Series a Funding, to Roll-out Tech-enabled Services
Africa Health Holdings, a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go towards building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Low- to Middle-Income Internet Users View Data Privacy and Protection: New Research From India and the United States
One side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increased adoption and expansion of digital services, including among low- to middle-income users. Decodis CEO Daryl Collins argues that it is becoming increasingly important to create a sense of inclusion and confidence among these consumers, as their usage of these services grows. She shares research findings that show how a sample of low- to middle-income customers in the U.S. and India are navigating the digital world – and what they think about the data-sharing these services are based on.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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Report: Fintech Funding in Southeast Asia Triples to Record $3.5 Billion This Year
Financial technology funding in Southeast Asia jumped more than three times in the first nine months of this year compared with full-year 2020, reaching a record $3.5 billion, a report showed.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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