For just over a week, India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has demanded online platforms remove links to a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which explores his role...
Founded in 2017, Vietnam-based automaker VinFast pivoted to exclusively making electric vehicles just five years after launch. In 2022, it began exporting to the U.S. market, announcing it would set...
In July 2021, Lagos-based software engineer Sodiq Lawal was working on a project for a fintech startup when the Central Bank of Nigeria suddenly discontinued the sale of foreign currencies...
Andrea Viejo is the country manager of Laika, a Colombian e-commerce platform that offers products and services for pets. What’s the overall landscape for women in the Latin American VC...
Apple Inc. is making headlines in India — yet again. Despite iPhone’s marginal share in the world’s second-largest smartphone market — just about 4% in 2022, according to technology market...
Tom Peng would be thrilled to drive his brand-new VinFast electric vehicle, if only it held a charge. In late December, Peng, a Taiwanese-Canadian YouTuber and entrepreneur, was out of...
In a remarkably short time, RG Factboy became one of the world’s most popular YouTube Shorts channels. The creator behind it is Rohit Gupta, a 17-year-old student based in the...
Over 50 people were killed by the police during demonstrations in Peru. Brazil is reeling from a coup attempt in its capital city. The residents of Culiacán, a city in...
“It changed my whole life.” That’s how Mohammad Ali, who owns a store in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk market, describes the impact of a viral YouTube video made about his business....
After winning the World Cup, Argentina turned its energy towards making another piece of history: It campaigned to break a world record by getting a photo of Lionel Messi to...
Over the past decade, Indians have celebrated the success of local startups with multi-billion dollar valuations. In 2022, India overtook China in terms of the number of unicorns that the...
For Andrea Campos, founder of the Mexico-based mental health app Yana, finding developer talent nowadays reminds her of the dating scene growing up in Cancún. “If you wanted a boyfriend,...
