Emerging Economies - Issue #9

Have a brilliant journey through Africa: Nations, Ecosystems, An Accelerator and a Book. All in this

Issue #9  •  June 17  •  view online

Emerging Economies Highlighting the budding entrepreneurial ecosystems from regions around the world.

Have a brilliant journey through Africa: Nations, Ecosystems, An Accelerator and a Book. All in this Techstars Startup Digest - Emerging Economies.

2018 Innovate Accelerator – Venture Capital for Africa Are you an early stage start-up based in the Somali region? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation, or developing a tech-enabled product or service addressing a big local need? Are you passionate about your business idea? Apply for Innovate Accelerator today!  Innovate Ventures is th .. vc4a.com  •  Share

How Digital Transformation Can Drive Growth, Job Creation across Emerging Economies - SundiataPost ALGERS, (Sundiata Post) — Innovation and entrepreneurship play an ever-increasing role in growing Africa's emerging technology ecosystem. According to research by the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator (https://goo.gl/qMBbty), over the past two years alone, Africa has seen the number of innovation hubs double. sundiatapost.com  •  Share

Here's what you need to know about Nigeria's tech startup ecosystem – Ventureburn Curious about where startups from Nigeria are raising funding or getting help? Here's a guide to the tech startup ecosystem in Nigeria. ventureburn.com  •  Share

South Africa: Brazil and South Africa Tech Hubs Launched to Drive International Growth - allAfrica.com Press Release - Global network of tech hubs will help to grow digital economies in emerging markets and drive growth in tech investment. allafrica.com  •  Share

Q&A: Expect more angel investor networks to launch in Africa - Tomi Davies Q&A: Expect more angel investor networks to launch in Africa - Tomi Davies. disrupt-africa.com  •  Share

African Startup Fund Promoting French Region As Innovation Gateway Digital Africa, a French-backed startup support initiative, will promote the Aix-Marseille region as the innovation gateway between Africa and Europe. moguldom.com  •  Share

Lagos is taking software by storm: Waking up to Nigeria Berlin is missing out from obliviousness to this vast talent pool, and companies here — and in the rest of Europe — can only benefit from giving it more attention. As a 'back of the envelope'… medium.com  •  Share

TRUE Africa | Finally, a book that debunks the myths about African startups Samir Abdelkrim, a Marseille-based tech reporter and entrepreneur, spent close to five years interviewing founders, developers, government officials and pretty much all the main players in the African tech scene. Here is how his book Startup Lions came to be published. trueafrica.co  •  Share

Techstars Startup Digest Emerging Economies is curated by: Rajesh Johnny (RaJ) - Co-founder - Oryx/InQ rajesh.johnny@startupdigestmail.com Anurag Maloo - Techstars Regional Manager (South & Central Asia) anurag.maloo@startupdigestmail.com

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