Thaaqib Daniels3 April 2024 | 11:37

Cloud-based accounting? How Xero helps small businesses thrive with their online accounting platform

"We always try to look out for ways to benefit the small business owner to the maximum."

Cloud-based accounting? How Xero helps small businesses thrive with their online accounting platform

The journey of the small business isn’t straightforward, let alone easy. Having a successful launch is a mammoth task on its own but keeping the ship sailing smoothly in a sea of budgets, marketing plans, and debt can be mentally, physically (and financially) taxing.

However, with the high level of innovation in technology, tools and apps are being developed that can help entrepreneurs approach their monthly calculations with confidence – like Xero.

Mo Flava chats with Gareth Canterbury, Xero's Commercial Lead, to learn more about Xero's online accounting software and how it benefits South African small businesses. They discuss how Xero grew their subscriber base to 4 million since being founded in 2006 as well as the convenience of cloud-based accounting. 

Listen to the full conversation below.

“It can be accessed on your mobile phone; on your computer. It provides a host of automated tools that normal software just doesn’t provide.” - Gareth Canterbury, Commercial Lead, Xero.

"We always try to look out for ways to benefit the small business owner to the maximum." - Gareth Canterbury, Commercial Lead, Xero.