Emerging Markets

Battles beyond the Great Firewall: India shuts out Chinese tech companies

Late last week, news broke that India’s Intelligence Bureau had fingered Chinese chat app WeChat as a potential threat and that the app was…

What on-demand TV needs to work in emerging markets

Of the hundreds of channels from your cable or satellite provider, how many do you actually watch? I watch 21. On an exam, that…

Amazon finally launches in India, but only sells books and DVDs

E-commerce in India is heating up today as Amazon has finally launched its site in India – albeit very quietly. The Amazon India site…

Google to launch blimps to carry wireless networks across Africa and Asia

Google has made it public knowledge for some time that it wants to connect the world to the internet. The challenge of facilitating this…

It’s not over yet: why ecommerce giant Alibaba’s future looks bright

With founder Jack Ma stepping down from the role of CEO, skeptics will doubt whether Alibaba can continue to grow strongly without its founder’s…

Amazon Appstore (finally) launches in China, paving the way for the Kindle Fire

In a surprise move, Amazon has opened its Android-oriented Appstore in China. That’s despite the fact that China wasn’t listed on Amazon’s Appstore expansion…

Meet 50 of the most influential political tweeters in emerging markets

Social media in emerging markets is poised in a delicate position. A number of governments are trying to clampdown on various platforms, all while…

Emerging markets are killing when it comes to mobile social networks

Instagram’s a pretty big mobile social network. A user base now sitting somewhere north of the 30-million mark is nothing to be sneezed at….

5 Ways to grow your email list to tap into emerging markets

I’m sure you’ve heard the term BRICs and the hype surrounding these and other rapidly developing emerging markets. Your company may already be doing…

Emerging markets tech expected to generate over $1-trillion in 2012

Emerging markets are where it’s at when it comes to tech. They’re where the next billion internet users will come from and some even…

How Brazil became an internet advertising powerhouse

Brazil is a making waves in the tech world. A growing number of tech startups are emerging from the Latin American country and it’s…

Konza Technology City: Does Kenya really need it?

Konza Technology City, better known simply as, “Konza City”, is a multi-billion dollar totem of Kenya’s vision of a “Silicon Savannah”, a hat tip…

China is winning with staggering internet stats

With a population close to 1.3-billion (yes, that’s a ‘B’); it’s hardly surprising that Chinese internet statistics are staggeringly high. In fact, in 2011…

Super angel Fabrice Grinda on the emerging markets internet craze

Fabrice Grinda is a well-known emerging markets super angel investor and entrepreneur. He’s crazy about the internet in the BRIC countries, especially Brazil and…

Emerging market fund launched for digital media innovation

A well-known New York-based fund that focuses on emerging market media has launched an early-stage fund for entrepreneurs developing digital news and information businesses….

10 Hot Indian startups you should know about

From the world’s cheapest car to the world’s cheapest tablet, India has emerged as a hub of “Jugaad”, a Hindi term which closely translates…

The battle for Brazil’s tech market is heating up

Brazil is going through an economic boom. In December, it overtook the UK as the world’s sixth largest economy. Much of Brazil’s success has…

A tiger awakened: 10 of the top tech companies in India

India is emerging. From the days of the non-aligned movement, and India’s subsequent association with African nations, the world has been through a lot….

India on track to censor social media, curb freedom of expression

Spurred on by a lower court ruling, the Indian government has urged 21 companies, including technology behemoths Facebook and Google, to censor objectionable material…

The next Facebook, Google, Twitter to come from Latin America?

Fernando Madeira is the co-founder and CEO of Terra, the largest internet company in Latin America. He boasts that the “next Twitter, Google, Facebook”…

MXit primarily used by adults finds SA social media study

No longer the forgotten step-child of South African internet activity, a study by Fuseware and World Wide Worx has found that along with e-mail,…

ClawDBot: The AI That’s Quietly Taking Over South African WhatsApp

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Why South African Parents Are Turning Chores Into Games

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OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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