The RO's 2024 debrief
The 5 major themes from RO's 2024 coverage.
Latest
Noh: banking couples in Brazil
Ana Zucato is building a modern banking experience for couples in Brazil.
QuickCart: Jamaica's superapp
Monique Powell is building the "Rappi for the Caribbean".
Nodem: liquidity for emerging market VCs
Alex Branton's new fund tackles EM VCs' liquidity clog.
Cargon: Flexport for Central Asia
Flexport has revolutionized how companies ship goods. Niko Turabelidze is doing the same for his region.
Keyper: proptech in the UAE
You've heard of BNPL. Walid Shihabi is bringing that concept to the property rental space.
Yummy: Venezuela's first superapp
Venezuela's economy has been isolated for a while. Vicente Zavarce is serving the resulting digitally-virgin verticals.
Veda: B2B edtech in Nepal
Nepalese parents complained about their communications with their kids' schools. Nirdesh Dwa built a solution.
BusCaro: reinventing commuting in Pakistan
Airlift and Swvl failed at bus-hailing in Pakistan. Maha Shahzad thinks she can make it work.
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.
Sudanese founders face unfair sanctions
Blanket sanctions on Sudan have fallen. Yousif Yahya explains how big tech companies haven't updated their policies.
Zood: reviving the Silk Road
The Silk Road was global trade's nerve center. Laurent Sciboz explains how Zood is digitizing it.
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.
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