BRICS series #5: Remitix, a South African solution for cheaper remittances
Remittances are a huge market startups are entering, although most are stealth players such as South Africa Remitix. I’ve met their CCO, Ernst Janse van Rensburg, back in May 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria, during the Mobile West Africa conference. Remittances and their high fees are an obvious target for startups in the emerging markets The rise […]
Iran Entrepreneurship: Market Analysis
Facts: GDP – USD$987 billion (2013) GDP growth – 1.5% (2013) GDP breakdown – Services: 44.5% / Industry: 44.9% (2013) Inflation rate – 42.3% (2013) Pros: Large Farsi-speaking market/ Useful geographical position/ High education/ Influential diaspora/ Economic liberalization/ Low cost of living Cons: Competing with entrenched government sector/ No platform for bank transfer/ Brain drain/ Visa difficulties/ Language […]
Iran connectors & events of 2014
Connectors: Mohsen Malayeri/Shayan Shalileh/Reza Hashemi/Said Rahmani Khezri/Patrick McDermott/Misagh Shakeri/Muhammad Arrabi/ Pejman Nozad Events: Startup Weekend/Startup Global Battle/Tedx Tehran/Global Entrepreneurs Week Iran Organizations: Iran Entrepreneurship Association (Incubator)/ Karya (Online startup school) Hear the words of any wizened real estate agent, ‘Location, Location, Location’. Similarly in today’s world, where you are placed in the giant ecosystem of […]
