According to a report titled Latino-Owned Businesses: Shining a Light on National Trends, one in four new businesses in the US are Latino-owned and contribute more than $700 billion in sales to the U.S. economy every year. However, Latinos, along with other minorities, still face many hurdles in the business world. But thanks to organizations like
Big mother is watching. This is the premise of Abuelita, Mexico’s newest surveillance app that harnesses the country’s vital abuela supply. In a nation dogged by security concerns and craving for more secure homes, Abuelita allows users to remain constantly vigilant by ensuring their property is monitored regularly by their neighbourhood abuelas that are frequently
From Rappi to UberEats, food delivery apps have swept across Latin America. But PanalFresh from Bolivia has a very different mission: It is not just about convenience, but helping to reduce the wild inequality among those who grow what comes on Bolivian dinner plates. PanalFresh allows small-scale farmers to sell and distribute their fruits and
1In Latin America, approximately 70% of the population is unbanked. In Colombia, only 38% of adults over the age of 15 have a bank account, according to the World Bank. There is a significant portion of the population in Colombia that is not part of the traditional banking system, leaving a great deal of opportunity for fintech startups. Colombia
In mid-December of 2018, the Medellin-based Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA) hosted its fourth week-long bootcamp at the University Pontifica Bolivariana. Thirty students between the ages of 14 and 19 from across Latin America were hand-selected to participate in lectures, workshops, and breakout sessions. The bootcamp culminated in the presentation of group projects that each
Latin America is the fourth largest market in the world for ed-tech but challenges remain which are keeping it from flourishing within the classroom. The Dominican Republic is a case in point where falling test scores have left the country one of the lowest-ranked countries in the world for the PISA assessment. But in this
Apptite is the Brazilian startup aiming to take the everyday stress of preparing meals out of an average week. The app aims to connect local chefs with hungry customers looking for healthy, home-cooked food from Monday to Friday. The idea behind the service came about as a result of a local chef who had her own
Dubbed Ecolones, a play of words with “Eco” and Costa Rican national currency “Colónes”, Costa Rica hopes to inspire other Latin American countries with a new virtual currency paid to encourage recycling. While the world’s leaders discuss the deeply concerning environmental records at the global climate change conference COP24, some countries seem to be more
Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, has concluded its third edition of the annual Seedstars LATAM Summit in Lima, Peru this week. During the event, the Launch of Seedspace Lima was announced at the Summit in the aim of continuing Seedstars efforts in building a thriving
Recently named one of 2018’s top 35 entrepreneurs for the Spanish MIT Technology Review, Brazilian-born Matheus Goyas is the brains behind AppProva, the application designed to improve students’ chances of achieving success in their exams at school. Since co-founding the app in 2012, Goyas has played an important role in the digital transition of Brazilian