Emerging Economies | December 15, 2017 |
Some wide and varied news. From Saudi Ecosystem to Israeli Startups. From Korean commitment to Brunei's participation. VCs in Sustainable Development Goals to African Startup Summit...Emerging Economies are rocking. We had to really look through all the content and happenings and narrowcast to 7 reads.
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| | E.B. BOYD - Fast Company Are investors in the region ready to support them? Fast Company chatted with some of the players helping to build the Middle East ecosystem—from first-time founders to serial entrepreneurs and one would-be unicorn. Here are their stories. | | Startup MGZN Among the most active sectors for Saudi entrepreneurs, the statistics of Badir program revealed that startups in the field of the Internet of things, big data, and the cooperative economy dominated about 75 percent of the 158 incubated companies. | | Eze Vidra @ediggs - Tech.Co Israel is a hotbed for agtech in general, and water tech more specifically. It came from a necessity: a small country with limited fresh water supply, Israel needed to figure out how to desalinate water, save water, and irrigate the desert. | | Seedstars Seedstars World (SSW), the global community and platform for entrepreneurs in technology in emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is hosting Seedstars Summit, the thirds of the annual Africa Summit that connects the most relevant players in innovation and technology with the world and between each other. Tickets are available now on www.seedstarsworld.com | | Business Insider Digital revolution in emerging markets such as Southeast Asia could create investment opportunities worth billions of dollars for startups and venture capital funds. Working with multilaterals can help them explore opportunities and overcome challenges of global expansion, said experts at a workshop, which was organized by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. The event, which is the second Innovation Day held by IFC, brought together experienced Korean and international venture capitalists in Seoul. They shared insights into opportunities as well as challenges, which Korean startups and venture capital funds are facing in the global digital revolution. | | Danial Norjidi - Borneo Bulletin FOUR local entrepreneurs will be heading to Kuala Lumpur to represent Brunei at the Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards and participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Community (GEC) Summit 2017. The Asean Rice Bowl Startup Awards (ARBSA) is an event that celebrates the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in the startup ecosystem, and rewards excellence, best practices and innovation in startups across the region, while also recognising the excitement, risk and hard-work involved in developing a startup and the influence each person has on driving the success of their company. | | thedailystar.net "Whichever country leads the way in disruptive technologies will come to dominate global affairs. Being able to perceive trends in emerging industries within Bangladesh economy before it becomes mainstream, will enable to create exceptional consumer, business and public solutions for all over the world. This will bring about many unique offerings that will not only revolutionize the investment scenario but will also help build the ecosystem needed for the local IT businesses to flourish and compete on a global stage.", echoed the speakers who joined the VIP roundtable at Digital World 2017 on Friday. | |
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