Africa
Santimpay: Venmo for Ethiopia
Ethiopia has historically been a closed economy. Tensaye Desalegn rides recent regulatory changes to modernize the country's financial system.
Timothy Motte
LATAM
LATAM founders are maturing
LATAM's founders are competing globally. That's thanks to their elders.
LATAM
Platzi: scaling an edtech in LATAM
Only 17% of the continent's adults have completed higher education. Freddy Vega is changing that.
Africa
Paps: B2B logistics in Africa
African logistics is traditionally informal and fragmented. Bamba Lô is streamlining it.
LATAM
Cashea: BNPL in Venezuela
A decade ago, Venezuela's credit card industry was booming. Then, it crashed. Pedro Vallenilla is fixing it.
Asia
GrowSari: Digitizing corner stores in the Philippines
Digitizing corner shops is a common playbook across emerging markets. Shiv Choudhury has raised $70M+ to execute it in the Philippines.
LATAM
Lemon: useful crypto in Argentina
Currency depreciation hurts Argentinians' wallets. Maxi Raimondi explains how crypto can help.
Europe
Liki24: building the EU's largest online pharmacy
The EU has created extraordinary trade linkages. Anton Avrynskyi is plugging into them.
Fintech
Payze: Stripe for the former Soviet Union
By Giorgi Tsurtsumia
MENA
Lendo: crowd-lending in Saudi Arabia
By Osama AlRaee
Africa
Maad: B2B e-commerce in Senegal
By Jessica Long
MENA
Explaining Swvl's revival
By Youssef Salem