Asia
DealCart: social commerce in Pakistan
Ammar Naveed is pioneering social commerce in Pakistan.
Timothy Motte
Europe
Bibak: building the circular economy in France
Lucas Graffan is eliminating single-use plastic in Europe.
Opinion
The RO's 2024 debrief
The 5 major themes from The Realistic Optimist's 2024 coverage.
LATAM
Noh: banking couples in Brazil
Ana Zucato is building a modern banking experience for couples in Brazil.
LATAM
QuickCart: Jamaica's superapp
Monique Powell is building the "Rappi for the Caribbean".
Fintech
Nodem: liquidity for emerging market VCs
Alex Branton's new fund tackles EM VCs' liquidity clog.
Logistics
Cargon: Flexport for Central Asia
Niko Turabelidze is building the "Flexport for Central Asia".
MENA
Keyper: proptech in the UAE
You've heard of BNPL. Walid Shihabi is bringing that concept to the property rental space.
LATAM
Yummy: Venezuela's first superapp
Venezuela's economy has been isolated for a while. Vicente Zavarce is serving the resulting digitally-virgin verticals.
Asia
Veda: B2B edtech in Nepal
Nepalese parents complained about their communications with their kids' schools. Nirdesh Dwa built a solution.
Asia
BusCaro: reinventing commuting in Pakistan
Airlift and Swvl failed at bus-hailing in Pakistan. Maha Shahzad thinks she can make it work.
MENA
Little Thinking Minds: edtech in MENA
Faced with the lack of educational content for kids in Arabic, Rama Kayyali took matters into her own hands.