Emerging Economies | January 19, 2018 |
Excellent news coming from across the world. And the emerging technologies are drilling deep and so are the adoption by startups from around the world. Ecosystem building is still in full swing across from Pakistan to Peru (and in the digest we have Ecuador). Replanting economy to ARVR challenges. UNICEF Innovation Fund investing in Blockchain startups from Emerging Economies to news from Africa and Latam...We've got it all covered!
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| | PRIYANKAR BHUNIA - OpenGov UNICEF will provide $50-90,000 in the form of equity-free investments in early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. The Fund is looking for start-ups registered in one of UNICEF's programme countries with a working, open source prototype (or if they willing to make it open-source). The solutions should be scalable and globally applicable. | | ADELE PETERS - Fast Company The companies are part of an emerging "restoration economy" and that it's a field more investors should consider putting money into. | | Bontle Moeng - BizNis Africa Partech Ventures announces today, 18 January 2018, the launch of its Partech Africa fund, which has secured above $70 million commitments toward its target size of $120 million, making it the first technology fund of such size from a top tier international VC to be exclusively dedicated to the fast‐growing tech ecosystem in Africa. | | Sajeel Syed - Techjuice In recent years, Pakistan has seen a rise in the number of tech-centric startups. However, there is also a need for developing incubators and accelerators for these startups to nourish. As of now, PM has inaugurated an incubation center in Peshawar on Saturday, which will provide tech startups with technical resources and guidance to develop and design new technologies. | | Chirag Prajapati - Techinasia India has seen 170 AR/VR startups rise in the past few years. The AR/VR market there is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 76 percent over the next five years, AR/VR has impacted various industries in the country, such as consumer goods, retail, real estate, and automotives.But despite its potential, there are still some major issues that need to be addressed. Let's take a deeper look.
| | Euan Black - Photography by: Sam Jam - Southeast Asia Globe Martin Lansard quit his job at Google and moved to Cambodia to pursue Aniwaa, a website that helps people navigate the world of 3D printing, as a full-time career | | Kwinten Wouters - The Bogotá Post Leaders in innovation and developing businesses belonging to the 4 countries that form the so-called "Pacific Alliance" gathered together at the event. 40 nominees from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru were selected out of the 600 initial participants and headed for the crown. | | PETER ANDRINGA - PETER ANDRINGA Where there's an empowered entrepreneurial mindset, there's a way – that's the conviction underlying Rokk3r Labs' 10xU IDE innovation center, which offers courses to equip Ecuadorian entrepreneurs with the skills they need to scale local innovation on the international stage.
Captured by Peter Andringa who hails from the United States but has been living and writing abroad in countries across the world for most of the last decade. His greatest passion is learning. His second: sharing what he can through writing. | |
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