Emerging Economies | August 11, 2017 |
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Here is another weekly digest on Emerging Markets, I'm sharing an inspiring example about the use of blockchain technology (Bitcoins) in emerging markets like Afghanistan for social change and empowerment. Following this Forbes story, there are resources and articles on startup funding in emerging markets.
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| | By Laura Shin - Forbes Roya Mahboob isn't a typical Bitcoin entrepreneur. For one of her startups, Afghan entrepreneur Roya Mahboob had trouble paying her (mostly female) users, 99% of whom did not have bank accounts. Her Solution? Bitcoin. Her company Digital Citizen Fund is teaching girls about blockchain technology, Bitcoin and Ethereum, how to code and financial literacy so they can manage their own money. They're also training them to launch businesses.
| | By Rishabh Borde - DazeInfo This is an exciting time for the world of technology. The search for the next dominant computing platform after the smartphone has begun, and we have quite a few promising contenders. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are grabbing headlines, and so is machine learning based AI. However, perhaps the most pertinent of these is IoT – the "Internet of Things". Most of us today will have heard of the IoT, but very few truly grasp what it is. Even a fewer understand the sheer potential and implications that this technology brings with itself. Now, new data from IDC gives us a much clearer picture about the future of this technology, and how it will affect the world. | | Harvard Business School - Creating Emerging Markets The Creating Emerging Markets project explores the evolution of business leadership in Africa, Asia, and Latin America throughout recent decades. Creating Emerging Markets has conducted almost 100 interviews with business leaders in nearly 20 countries on topics including innovation, family business, corporate social responsibility, women leaders, and business-government relations. | | By Gabriella Mulligan - Disrupt Africa Research Entrepreneurs in emerging markets make as much personal investments into their startups as those in high-income countries, but there external investment funds flow less freely in emerging regions, according to research by the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI). GALI analysed data and interviews focused on entrepreneurs across both high-income countries and emerging markets, with a view to distilling any differences between the two entrepreneur groups. | | By Emilie Gabella - Seedstars Emerging markets equal tremendous innovation, incredibly creative entrepreneurs and a vast array of business ideas for potential startups! During the Seedstars summit – which aims to promote, connect and invest in emerging market startups – I met some of the brightest and most innovative minds you can find in these fast-growing economies. Here are four alternative ways to bank loans and venture capital (VC) to fund startups in emerging markets and foster a functioning entrepreneurial ecosystem… | |
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