Oraan: digitizing Pakistani credit unions
Oraan is extending credit to Pakistani women by digitizing credit unions.
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Shifting geopolitical currents play in solar's favor in Mexico.
Reviving the Syrian startup scene
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Adapting VC to emerging markets
Tailoring a venture capital fund to the market's statistical realities.
DealCart: social commerce in Pakistan
Ammar Naveed is pioneering social commerce in Pakistan.
Bibak: building the circular economy in France
Lucas Graffan is eliminating single-use plastic in Europe.
The RO's 2024 debrief
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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
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.
Opinion
Sudanese founders face unfair sanctions
Blanket sanctions on Sudan have fallen. Yousif Yahya explains how big tech companies haven't updated their policies.
Asia
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
Pedro Vallenilla is relaunching consumer credit in Venezuela.