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Top Story: DRIVE100: How SwiftAssist is Helping Founders Scale By Training Africa’s Next Generation of Virtual Assistants
SwiftAssist, a Nigerian startup is redefining what it means to support businesses, while simultaneously creating pathways for aspiring digital talent. From managing emails and calendars to client onboarding, social media, and customer support, the startup ensures businesses run smoothly.
In this edition of Techparley’s DRIVE100, where we spotlight promising startups in Africa, we focus on how SwiftAssist is transforming how founders and professionals manage their workload while creating pathways for aspiring digital talent through virtual assistance training and scholarships.
Founded by Nwaogu Chiamaka Lilian, the startup goes beyond service delivery. It trains aspiring virtual assistants in practical non-code tech skills and provides scholarships, creating opportunities for young professionals to build remote careers.
“Founders and professionals spend hours buried in emails, chasing tasks, and juggling schedules when they could be closing deals or building new ideas. SwiftAssist was built to take that weight off,” Lilian told Techparley. “While we’re helping founders scale, we’re also helping the next generation of digital talent find their path.”
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Drive100: Meet Winpay, the Fintech Helping Africans Make Payments, Manage Business, and Access Financial Growth Tools. Read now.
On Startup Spotlight:
DRIVE100: How Nigerian Startup LingTec AI Is Automating the Way AI Companies Source Talents, Annotate Data, and Scale Operations
Across the world, artificial intelligence is redefining how businesses operate, how societies function, and how economies evolve. At the centre of this movement is LingTec AI, a Nigerian startup building what its founders describe as the “human intelligence infrastructure” that powers artificial intelligence.
Co-founded by Abayomi Falansa and Gabriel Nonso, the company has created a data annotation and language service marketplace that connects global AI companies with vetted annotators and linguists across developing regions.
In this edition of Techparley’s DRIVE100, where we spotlight the most promising startups shaping Africa’s digital future, we turn our attention to LingTec AI, a data annotation and language service marketplace platform that is redefining how global AI companies connect with emerging-market talent.
“LingTec AI is a data annotation and language service marketplace platform that connects global AI companies with skilled annotators and linguists across Africa and Asia,” Falansa, CEO and Co-founder of LingTec AI told Techparley. “We’re building the infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence — the human intelligence layer behind AI systems.”
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
Also Read:
Drive100: How Nigerian Startup, IOREALTORS, is building Africa’s “Bolt for Real Estate” to Redefine Property Search. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
