Intelligent automation offers a major opportunity to SMEs .
In the past, most business experts believed that there were simply too many situations, variables, and possibilities for companies to manage to effectively be able to automate their front-office processes and procedures.
Companies can use IA to create smart business processes that can think, learn, and adapt on their own
This was especially true for those processes and procedures that relied on human workers making decisions. Even when technology started to catch up, many still considered it the domain of large companies, which could afford both the technology and development resources. This is no longer the case.
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The team describes Vybe as an online matchmaking platform that allows Africans to make true connections in fun and secure ways. Vybe COO Anifowose says, “We have identified key differences between how Africans look for potential partners versus how it’s done in the west and we’re focused on digitising that experience.” On Vybe, users can find potential partners based on their location, intentions, interests, religious groups, ethnicity and tribe.
New app features include a subscriptions feature using mobile money transactions and newer machine learning and AI capabilities that gather data to inform the app’s matchmaking abilities.
The app has already generated over 25 000 downloads across the company’s main markets, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, with plans to grow to up to 100 000 users by the end of 2021. The Vybe founders based the improvements to the platform on data gathered detailing how people’s dating habits have changed with the advent of the pandemic.
We are often told that SMEs are the backbone of the economy and engines for growth and job creation. That’s true, but without certain obstacles, the role they play could be even more significant. Intelligent automation can go a long way to helping them overcome those obstacles and achieve their full potential.
Source: https://ventureburn.com/2021/06/nigerian-matchmaking-startup-releases-vybe-2-0/
