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Hafizur Rahman, a worker employed in a Bangladeshi RMG factory, struggled to repay a loan he had taken the previous month to meet his gas and electricity expenses. Hafizur then learned about wagely, which offers an affordable, reliable, and transparent
Jakarta/Dhaka, March 4, 2024 – wagely, Asia’s leading financial wellbeing platform for workers, has secured USD 23 million in a new funding round. The funding round comprises a mix of equity and debt financing. Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist
Given the massive layoffs and an overall slowdown due to macroeconomic factors, the tech industry may not be in the pink of health post the Covid-19 pandemic. However, most companies are struggling to bridge the talent gap that costs them
Bfree, a tech-enabled debt collection startup based in Nigeria, was founded to automate and introduce ethical debt recovery processes after its founders witnessed the use and adverse effects of aggressive retrieval techniques, such as incessant calling and debt-shaming, by predatory
The discourse, articulated by Ved Antani, Chief Product & Technology Officer at BetterPlace, delves into the transformative impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on frontline workforce management. In a thought-provoking interview, Ved Antani, Chief Product & Technology Officer at BetterPlace, delves
Amaka, a market woman operating in the Mushin market in Lagos, was drowning in debt and did not know a way out of the downward spiral. She had taken several loans from lenders and defaulted on all of them. “I
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.