Two years is a long time for technology development. Back in 2015, several home-grown mobile payment apps were taking off. Still, none of the big players was showing a real…
Category: Latin America
Emerging Markets Have a Lot to Teach Us About Entrepreneurship
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are legendary American entrepreneurs. These giants’ success stories might make it seem as if the United States owns the market when it comes…
China is investing big in Brazil but not how you’d imagined
Brazil and China are the world’s foremost emerging markets. Brazil’s political turmoil and the economic downturn in the last to years didn’t seem to change China’s will to invest into…
Netflix vs Amazon Prime Video: Who’s winning in emerging markets?
As internet penetration is growing exponentially in some emerging economies, particularly Brazil and India, the two biggest video streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are going all in. Amazon Leading the…
Activists are close to saving broadband in Brazil
The fight for no data caps on home broadband connections in Brazil is heating up.
A brief look at Brazil’s fintech scene
I’ve always had a fascination with Brazil which started at an early age from seeing their amazing squad from France ’98 to learning about the country in a Year 8…
Could Brazil Be a Lifeline for Syrian Refugees?
Guest post by Danielle Renwick via The Development Set Damascus restaurant sits on a quiet, leafy street in Pinheiros, an upper-class neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil. On a recent sunny afternoon, 73-year-old…
After the fall: Will Wal-Mart rise again in Brazil?
Read the updated version of this article here https://emergingmarkets.today/walmart-journey-brazil-rise-decline-acquisition/ About a year ago Wal-Mart made headlines in the Brazilian and international press – the supermarket chain had announced the closure…
Emerging Markets: The Next Big Opportunity For Music Streaming Services
Music streaming could be the miracle response for labels and music companies in the piracy-ridden emerging markets. According to a MIDia report, the price of music streaming is dropping and the…
Interview: Why Brazil is worth the risk for entrepreneurs
Solo entrepreneur Rolf Kenmo explains why Brazil is worth the risk and why slipping on a banana peel is a good thing in Sweden
