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Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
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Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#2Some stuff happening in Lebanon with government incentives and whatnot (and an educated but undervalued tech workforce). personally I've left that all behind me but I can probably find people you want to talk to if you want to talk to them.
something you may be interested in as an index to some stuff the central bank is trying: http://bdlaccelerate.com/2016/
The Guardian's chips with everything covered some of it recently-ish: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2016/nov/24/bei...
edit: just looked at the podcast, i see you've recently done middle east, oh well :P
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#3Vietnam has quite a strong startup ecosystem relative to its development stage.
I think it has a lot to do with its government having laid out a plan since the 90s to develop its IT industry.
Results are:
1) Lots of IT grads 2) Lots of funding 3) Okay-ish infrastructure
If we add this to the interests in entrepreneurship among Vietnamese people, it results in a strong tech scene.
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#4Gibraltar: After the initial wave of financial services companies came a proliferation of gaming companies which led to a bunch of payments companies setting up.
This has now led to a fintech industry evolving and is currently seeing a surge in blockchain related business.
Interestingly the cycle has now gone full circle and seen the launch of an Exchange Listed Bitcoin Fund....
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#5Kenya has a very budding startup scene, mostly innovative ways of offering financial services to the unbanked: https://www.quora.com/What-are-interesting-startups-in-Kenya
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#6Gibraltar: After the initial wave of financial services companies came a proliferation of gaming companies which led to a bunch of payments companies setting up. This has now led to a fintech industry evolving and is currently seeing a surge in blockchain related business. Interestingly the cycle has now gone full circle and seen the launch of an Exchange Listed Bitcoin Fund....
By what measure is Gibraltar a developing country?
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#7Indonesia. Check out Go-Jek, Tokopedia
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#8Indonesia: Gojek Tech, It does have a very fascinating story to tell
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#9Gibraltar: After the initial wave of financial services companies came a proliferation of gaming companies which led to a bunch of payments companies setting up. This has now led to a fintech industry evolving and is currently seeing a surge in blockchain related business. Interestingly the cycle has now gone full circle and seen the launch of an Exchange Listed Bitcoin Fund....
By what measure is Gibraltar a developing country?
by no means. but it is a place that usually does not get a lot of tech coverage.
Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?
#10The tech story here in Bangalore ,India also seems very promising.
http://www.innovationiseverywhere.com/bangalore/