Nigerian fintech startup Creditchek is helping lenders mitigate credit risks by reliably verifying the creditworthiness of potential consumers in Africa. Founded in November 2021, Creditchek has developed an easy-to-use web app and API that leverages machine learning to turn raw data from multiple sources into actionable insights that lenders can use to strengthen their credit risk models.
By combining its Customer Data Platform (CDP) and Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), Terragon, Africa’s leading data and marketing technology company, has introduced an integrated customer engagement data solution, empowering financial institutions to deliver unparalleled experiences and shift towards a customer-centric approach.
Tunisia-founded expense management software company Expensya is to be acquired by Swedish counterpart Medius for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014 by Karim Jouini and Jihed Othmani, Expensya offers a software-as-a-solution (SaaS) platform that helps businesses of all sizes manage their expenses.
Here’s a new buzzword for your Bingo card: “agentic AI”, which describes systems that act by themselves rather than in response to a prompt. Salesforce was all over the concept last week, announcing its Agentforce collection. According to the company, it replaces the “now-outdated copilots and chatbots” with agents “operating autonomously, retrieving the right data on demand, building action plans for any task, and executing these plans without requiring human intervention.”