Brazil: Telegram exponential growth despite WhatsApp monopoly

WhatApp is the most used messaging app by Brazilians, but Telegram is already present in 35% of mobile users, report shows.

Brazil’s financial paradox: where cash is king and digital currency rumors

Brazil’s government just launched its R$ 200 note while the Central Bank hints about a possibility of a digital currency.

How Covid-19 helped decrease the unbanked population in Brazil

The Brazilian government announced a financial support scheme aimed at self-employed and informal workers that had their incomes affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Brazil has a large population of…

Opinion: will local brands dominate emerging markets?

The global market of consumer packaged goods is US$ 1.2 trillion and global brands are facing strong competition from local brands in emerging markets. And what’s the global companies’ strategy…

Latin America: 3 platforms changing the crowdfunding game

Here are 3 of Latin America’s biggest platforms running in the upfront of the crowdfunding game.

Brazil struggles to find a route to competitiveness

Why is everything so expensive in Brazil? I’m Brazilian and lived there most of my life and never understood it – until I came across this article by the Economist. Some…

How China and Brazil are investing in Africa

After the economic slow-down, inflation and recession – and perhaps, some most pessimistic might say, the eminent down-fall of BRICS, all eyes turn to Africa as the new best thing…

How urban farmers are revitalizing deprived areas of Brazil

São Paulo is a megalopolis with around 19 million inhabitants. Unsurprisingly, the city struggles to cope with the urban mobility issues caused by 7 million cars and poor public transport infrastructure.…

How women became the top entrepreneurs in Brazil’s slums

In one of my previous posts about the Brazil slums – Favela Rising – I talked about how resourceful someone has to be in the favelas (slums). That is exactly…

WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media’s danger to democracy

Misinformation via social media played a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to into the Brazilian presidency. Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of votes thanks to misinformation…

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