Emerging Markets Startups
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Growth of Latin America’s Superapp ft. Rappi’s Product Lead
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 bec...
Scaling Southeast Asia’s largest Superapp, ft. Grab’s Head of Product
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Nigeria's Fastest Growing Fintech w/ the COO of PiggyVest
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Like many emerging markets, saving money in Nigeria was expensive. Then came PiggyVest, a free savings and microinvestment product, that's now one of ...
Using Localization to Innovate with Bykea's COO
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 entrepr...
Philippines | The Startup Islands
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 wo...
Malaysia | How Malaysia’s diversity makes its startups excel at building global products
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 d...
Building a startup for emerging markets from Silicon Valley| Mark Heynen VP @ Stellar, co-founder of Payjoy
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 companie...
Lithuania | The rise of the Baltic startups
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Thailand | Southeast Asia's 2nd largest economy
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 larg...
Myanmar's startup ecosystem
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ac...
Iran | How constraints breed innovation
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With 88M people, Iran’s startup ecosystem is one of the best examples of “constraints breed innovation.” Politically, sanctions have limited Ira...
Egypt | The startup revolution
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 7...
Bangladesh | How the density dividend scales startups fast
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Pakistan | Using tech to tackle social problems
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With 220 million people and 70% of the population under 30 years old, Pakistan is prime for technological innovation with its highly talented develope...
Indonesia | 6 unicorns in 4 years, one of the fastest growing startup ecosystems
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Indonesia is the world’s 4th most populated country with almost 280 million people. Its enormous size plus strong economy has enabled its exploding ...
How emerging market startups are beating Silicon Valley's tech giants
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ethiopia | 10% GDP Growth & 10 Years of Startup History
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Kenya | The AI Revolution in Africa
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
South Africa | How payments innovations tackle inequality
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wo...
Zambia | Prince Harry visits BongoHive’s thriving startups
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Nigeria's Startup Ecosystem Ft. Kola Aina of Ventures Platform
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...