Events matching tag "emerging markets"
Friday, March 7
Much of today’s news coverage dwells on images of violence, stories of government instability, and a world in chaos, but there is another story to tell here. Technology is reshaping human society in ways we never imagine…
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Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen, Steven Levy
Saturday, March 8
Over the past year, the Voice of America set out to to create a universal mobile and tablet application for its global news services in 43 languages from Affan Oromoo (Let me Google that for you: it's used primarily in E…
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Will Sullivan
It is awesome that I am a white American male working for Ushahidi, a Kenyan tech firm, in Silicon Valley. That didn’t happen 3 years ago. I was also one of the first Presidential Innovation Fellows at The White House an…
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Nathaniel Manning
In the last 3 years, there has been a unprecedented rise in the availability and adoption of technology in the Middle East and Africa. This sudden access to information, the ability to voice opinions and communicate to a…
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Amit Vyas
Sunday, March 9
Today’s disruptive consumer isn’t a tech-savvy millennial or a millionaire taking the first space tour. It’s a farmer in rural India, gaining access to consumer products for the first time. A woman in Africa whose repack…
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Mitchell Habib
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Luciana Bazanella
Monday, March 10
Emerging markets face unique challenges when it comes to technology innovation and adoption: poverty, cultural obstacles, lack of supporting infrastructure. But in some cases, these so-called third world markets are usin…
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Carla Echevarria
As a product of a conservative society, the Arab youth found social networking services like Twitter and Facebook great tools to challenge the status quo and shake things up. However, since public and private personas ar…
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Guilherme Rangel
200 million people across 3.3 million square miles, contributing to $2.4 trillion in GDP. Welcome to Brazil, “the country of the future.” Set to be the sixth largest economy by 2030, Brazil is not only the heart of footb…
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Will Palley
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