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Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by bullshy »

awartani wrote: post #89

I live in Palestine, and I see tech sector is growing crazy. We have a couple of Startups who are doing great and we have a VC and funds. It never been better to be honest. I am sure you will find a lot of resources about Tech sector in Palestine.

Palestine isn't developing and it's not a nation either. Do you mean Jordan or Israel? I guess you were referring to Jordan (israel isn't a developing nation[0]).

I heard that the west bank and Gaza scene is successful due to very talented people and the support of some Israeli[1] and Saudi arabian companies.

It's delighting to hear about group of people who lives in the west bank or Gaza and doing something good for humanity.

good luck ya zalame.

[0] https://www.quora.com/Is-Israel-a-developed-country

[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-mellan...

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by buritica »

In Colombia, we've gone from having no OSS Dev communities, to 5 world class confs in about 7 yrs, and many (local meetups (http://colombia-dev.org/meetups) thanks to the work of volunteers and community organizers.

We're trying to get a way from the first thing that comes to mind when you think about our country (even though Netflix is making harder for us, lol).

More than happy to talk about how it's been done, and how other developing nations could replicate the model and how it's benefitted the region.

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by Lordarminius »

frankzinger wrote: post #88
Lordarminius wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jumia is not a Nigerian company. It was founded by a Nigerian and Ghanaian duo but acquired by Rocket Internet a while ago

Wikipedia says[1] Jumia is headquartered in Lagos and also: In 2012, Jumia Group was launched with the support of Rocket Internet, MTN, and Millicom. In March 2016, Jumia Group secured over €300M of funding from MTN, Rocket Internet, AXA, Goldman Sachs, Orange and CDC [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumia

Well wouldn't be the first time Wikipedia would be inaccurate. Tunde Kehinde and Raphael Afaedor started Jumia in 2012 and got bought out c.2014. It belongs to Rocket Internet now long with its partners. HQ is in Berlin, Germany. https://www.rocket-internet.com/companies/jumia

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by ASalazarMX »

bullshy wrote: post #91
awartani wrote: post #89

I live in Palestine, and I see tech sector is growing crazy. We have a couple of Startups who are doing great and we have a VC and funds. It never been better to be honest. I am sure you will find a lot of resources about Tech sector in Palestine.

Palestine isn't developing and it's not a nation either. Do you mean Jordan or Israel? I guess you were referring to Jordan (israel isn't a developing nation[0]). I heard that the west bank and Gaza scene is successful due to very talented people and the support of some Israeli[1] and Saudi arabian companies. It's delighting to hear about group of people who lives in the west bank or Gaza and doing something good for…

If you care so much about being on topic, please keep politics out of this discussion.

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by erbdex »

oretoz wrote: post #37
erbdex wrote: post #19

India | Telecom | 110M subscribers on-boarded in 100 days To summarize: Jio, which is our cellular telephony play, now is the world's largest cellular data network (pumping 22,000 TB per day) and onboards a million customers a day! We now have 110 million subscribers (in ~100 days). This became possible when the telco regulators here gave a go ahead to use the Govt of India's pet biometric auth project Aadhaar[1] to…

I have not really followed the fintech much but understand the Telecom side of things. You seem like an expert on this space in India and hence my questions: 1. Do you think making everything Aadhar based is a good idea? 2. How much awareness is there about privacy issues related to Aadhar? 3. What risk do you see which would derail the $500B projection for Fintech in India? Also it wasn't clear if that projection wa…

I'll get back on this. Looping in people who understand this space better.

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

#98

Post by dragonwriter »

bullshy wrote: post #91
awartani wrote: post #89

I live in Palestine, and I see tech sector is growing crazy. We have a couple of Startups who are doing great and we have a VC and funds. It never been better to be honest. I am sure you will find a lot of resources about Tech sector in Palestine.

Palestine isn't developing and it's not a nation either. Do you mean Jordan or Israel? I guess you were referring to Jordan (israel isn't a developing nation[0]). I heard that the west bank and Gaza scene is successful due to very talented people and the support of some Israeli[1] and Saudi arabian companies. It's delighting to hear about group of people who lives in the west bank or Gaza and doing something good for…

> Palestine isn't developing

"developing" in this context is a synonym (perhaps more specifically, a euphemism) for "less developed".

> and it's not a nation either.

Palestine is absolutely a nation (it's also an increasingly widely recognized state, though with disputed borders, but that's independent of it being, or not being, a nation.)

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by cd_1999 »

bullshy wrote: post #91
awartani wrote: post #89

I live in Palestine, and I see tech sector is growing crazy. We have a couple of Startups who are doing great and we have a VC and funds. It never been better to be honest. I am sure you will find a lot of resources about Tech sector in Palestine.

Palestine isn't developing and it's not a nation either. Do you mean Jordan or Israel? I guess you were referring to Jordan (israel isn't a developing nation[0]). I heard that the west bank and Gaza scene is successful due to very talented people and the support of some Israeli[1] and Saudi arabian companies. It's delighting to hear about group of people who lives in the west bank or Gaza and doing something good for…

It's recognized by most countries in the World. If you love Apartheid, then good for you, but don't bring your off topic political stance here.

Re: Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

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Post by bullshy »

ASalazarMX wrote: post #96
bullshy wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Palestine isn't developing and it's not a nation either. Do you mean Jordan or Israel? I guess you were referring to Jordan (israel isn't a developing nation[0]). I heard that the west bank and Gaza scene is successful due to very talented people and the support of some Israeli[1] and Saudi arabian companies. It's delighting to hear about group of people who lives in the west bank or Gaza and doing something good for…

If you care so much about being on topic, please keep politics out of this discussion.

I was wondering what the OP means by Palestine, is it Israel or Jordan. Both aren't developing countries and both has very successful startup scene. Anyways, if you see it as off-topic I will delete my comments and apologize.
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