ShenZhen startup scene
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Iran Startup scene
[et_pb_section admin_label= »section »][et_pb_row admin_label= »row »][et_pb_column type= »4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label= »Text »] Just like so many other things, the tech scene in Iran is synchronizing with the tensions arousing from, or gravitating around the political regime. Every 10 years or so, it seems a new hardline or conversely, a new reformist movement will change the situation. It’s fair to say that in […]
Hong Kong startup scene
[et_pb_section admin_label= »section »][et_pb_row admin_label= »row »][et_pb_column type= »4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label= »Text »] 2014 has definitely be a bumpy year for Hong Kong. Since 1997 and the end of 155 years of British rule, « Asia’s world city » has been trying to remain independent from China, which is all but a given. To be clear, Hong Kong is still not China, from a culture, […]
Kenya Startup scene
[et_pb_section admin_label= »section »][et_pb_row admin_label= »row »][et_pb_column type= »4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label= »Text »] As soon as you land in the airport at Nairobi, you can see in the halls of the terminal big painted advertising for Mpesa, the mobile money which made the success and reputation of Kenya as one of tech hub of Africa (the others would be Nigeria, South Africa and […]
The Philippines Startup scene
[et_pb_section admin_label= »section »][et_pb_row admin_label= »row »][et_pb_column type= »4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label= »Text »] Welcome to the « island frontier » of Asia With the 100 millionth Filipino born in July 2014, the 2nd fastest growing economy in Asia after China, and a melting pot of cultures at the crossroads of South-East Asia, the US, and the Pacific, the Philippines Startup Scene is quite hot. As […]
Target Accelerator Program: re-inventing retail in the digital age
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A guided tour of Microsoft Ventures with Zack Weisfeld
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A glance at startup acquisitions in Southeast Asia
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The best of Brazilian startups at Futurecom competition
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Innovation Xtreme: Let’s go visit Bangladesh’s nascent startup ecosystem
A friend of mine told me, a few months ago, to watch Startup Dhaka, a documentary freely available on Youtube presenting the tech scene of Bangladesh’s capital city. Just take a look at the video, and you know why I’m extremely excited to go there next week to attend Innovation Xtreme, their main tech festival, […]
