E-commerce giant Amazon is in talks with the Chilean government to house and mine huge quantities of star data generated by the country’s state-of-the-art telescopes. Reuters reported that the potential agreement could have benefits for both parties. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera is looking to reduce Chile’s economy on copper mining, of which it is the largest producer in
Taking the Brand India image worldwide, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is partnering with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) to organise the eighth edition of its flagship event, the India-Latin America and
Last week, nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate and government representatives gathered together in Lima, Peru for the country’s largest entrepreneurial capital event, the Peru Venture Capital Conference. The annual event aims to bolster the country’s budding startup ecosystem by creating opportunities for its eager new generation of founders. Sitting among the crowd, the energy
With an average of 550,000 new businesses starting each month, raising your head above the crowd, and getting brand visibility in today’s crowded startup ecosystem is becoming a real challenge. After investing blood, sweat, tears and a shed load of capital in their projects, every startup out there wants to spread the world about their
The ecommerce foundation launched the Latin America ecommerce Report 2018 on September 6th which highlighted the continent’s position as one of the top regions in the world for ecommerce growth. One of the reasons behind this growth is both the increased population and the higher rate of internet penetration across the continent, with an average of 59
ESPACIO announces today the launch of LATAM.tech, an English-language news publication devoted to startups and innovation around Latin America. This will be the space where Latin American entrepreneurship and innovation can have their say. Although enthusiasm and optimism runs high among many of the ecosystems, the numbers still don’t match up on a global scale
Latam.tech introduces a new column today called Non-Starters: a dedication to terrible startup ideas that have no chance of getting off the ground. At a time when fake news has begun to dominate the headlines, Latam.tech has decided that if we can’t beat ‘em, we might as well join them. The result is ‘Non-Starters’, a
As a journalist, Girish Gupta was expected to make sense of the numbers behind the story. Now behind a new app, DataDrum, that tracks crucial data in countries like Venezuela, Gupta talks to Latam.tech about why he’s banking on data. Having left England for Latin America in 2010, Girish Gupta aimed to cut his teeth on
Fifty years is a long time, and especially so under imposed isolation. Cuba’s economic freeze from the international community may be starting to thaw but citizens’ conservative approach to resources is unlikely to alter. Cars can always be repaired and appliances always fixed on the island nation. It is this mentality – this resolver – which is
In a world where time has never been more valuable, AI clinical assistant Bot M.D. is on a mission to make doctors’ lives as easy as possible. The smartphone app pushes telehealth to its technological limits, using artificial intelligence to provide instantaneous responses to clinical questions and automatically transcribe doctors’ notes. Thanks to funding and