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Rappi is one of the largest superapps in Latin America with over 15M users. The company started out as an on demand delivery service and today has become an everything store across Latin America’s population of 650M people. We’re joined by Rapp
Grab is the largest superapp tech company in Southeast Asia with over 250M downloads in a region with 600+ million people. Grab first started out as a ride sharing company but quickly grew into food delivery, payments and so much more. In this
Like many emerging markets, saving money in Nigeria was expensive. Then came PiggyVest, a free savings and microinvestment product, that's now one of the fastest growing fintech startups out of Nigeria. PiggyVest built a strong following and gr
Bykea is a ride sharing and delivery startup in Pakistan and the fastest growing startup in a country of 220 million people. Founded by serial entrepreneur Muneeb Maayr, Bykea is taking on the juggernauts Uber and Careem. The 5 year old startup
Have you ever noticed all your Filipino friends seem to have family all over the world? That’s because so many of them have migrated all over the world in the last century. Hence when Filipinos return home to build a startup, they bring a diver
Since its early days, Malaysia has been a key part of the globalization trend. Malacca, a city in the Malay peninsula, was historically an important destination along the Silk Road trade route. This meant its had a history of a melting pot of c
Over the last episodes, we’ve focused on people and companies in emerging markets building for their markets. There’s also been a wave of companies in Silicon Valley building for emerging markets. Those include Payjoy which focuses on selling s
On this episode, we venture into the Baltics and more specifically, Lithuania. Although the Baltic states are small, what they lack in size they make up in innovation. Even during the Soviet Union era, the Baltics served as the innovation hub.
In this episode, we take you to Thailand, known globally as the ultimate vacation getaway. But did you know it’s also Southeast Asia’s second largest economy by GDP and has a population of 67 million people? These are some factors that prime it
With 55 million people, Myanmar transitioned from 5% to 85% internet penetration in just 7 years. That’s more than 65% of the population that has access to electricity! This transition started 2 years after the country ended its militaristic ru
With 88M people, Iran’s startup ecosystem is one of the best examples of “constraints breed innovation.” Politically, sanctions have limited Iran’s participation in the global economy including limiting the use of everyday products like the App
With over 100 million people, Egypt makes up ¼ of the 400 million population in the Middle East. 60% of these people are under 30 years old. With a 70% internet penetration rate, highly skilled developers, and tons of local challenges that serv
You haven't seen city density till you've been to Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. It's one of the densest cities in the world in a country of 165M people. This density presents challenges like terrible traffic, sprawling slums and incomplete
With 220 million people and 70% of the population under 30 years old, Pakistan is prime for technological innovation with its highly talented developers and tech hungry consumers. This ecosystem transitioned from being an outsourced R&D center
Indonesia is the world’s 4th most populated country with almost 280 million people. Its enormous size plus strong economy has enabled its exploding tech ecosystem with 6 unicorns in just 4 years. The largest being ride hailing superapp, Go-jek,
85% of the world’s population or 6 billion people live in emerging markets. Thus growth for Silicon Valley’s tech giants is often synonymous with building for emerging markets. Building products for the next billion requires a deep understandin
What comes to mind when you think of Ethiopia? Did you know they’re one of the fastest growing economies with a 10% average annual growth rate for the last 15 years? Or what about the fact that Ethiopia is the second most populated country in A
On this episode, we take you to Kenya in East Africa. With 54 million people it is smaller than Nigeria (200M) and Egypt (100M). However, according to Disrupt Africa, Kenya has received more venture capital investments than any country in Afric
On this episode, we take you to South Africa. South Africa is one of the richest countries in Africa but also the most unequal country in the world. Marcello Schermer joins us as the Head of Expansion at Yoco, the “Square” of Africa. We discus
On this episode of the Emerging Markets Tech Startups podcast, we take you to Zambia. Zambia is a country of 18 million people in Southern Africa. The country is famous for the world’s widest and largest waterfall, Victoria Falls. Simunza Muyan
Nigeria's population will explode to 400 million people by 2050. Today, Nigeria is the startup epicenter of Africa. Hear from our guest, Kola Aina who founded Ventures Platform to invest in the future of Africa. Kola talks about the most innova
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