At some point in life, almost everyone will have experienced the debilitating effects of a foodborne illness. Whether an under-cooked chicken kebab, an E. coli infested salad or some toxic fish, a good day can quickly become a loathsome frenzy of vomiting and diarrhoea caused by poorly prepared or poorly kept food. Since 2009, the
Each year, almost a third of all food produced worldwide is wasted. A shocking figure, especially when considering that globally 870 million people are chronically undernourished. Colombia is no exception. 9.76 million tonnes of food is wasted on an annual basis, which would be enough to feed the city of Bogotá for an entire year. Meanwhile, 5 million people are
Argentine 3D printer manufacturers Trimaker will be trying their luck in Europe as fortunes turn south in their native land. LATAM.tech spoke to CEO Fernando Fernandez on their newest iteration Cosmos II and their hopes to expand across the globe. The world isn’t flat. 3D printer manufacturers Trimaker are certain of this, taking their business
Gone are the days when cryptocurrency and blockchain were associated with drug dealers. Colombia is shedding that image too. And with help from a powerful friend, Bogotá is showing just how high they’re willing to bet on blockchain. On cryptocurrency and blockchain, Colombia has blown hot and cold, much like a typical day in the
Christine Chang is the programme director at the innovation programme Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech Mexico City and will soon be speaking at Finnovista’s 2018 Miami Finnosummit for Latin American fintech startups. Latam.tech spoke with Chang on innovation and fintech in Latin America. After seven years in the New York City rat race, Chang decided to study
Made in Mexico, Fuckup Nights boast the best of the worst mistakes entrepreneurs have ever made. It was not so long ago that the founder of the Mexican Museum of Design received a loan from the United States. In pursuit of medical treatment, he then travelled to California in order to have a pacemaker fitted
Officials at online payment service PayPal announced this week that they will be teaming up with the southern hemisphere’s largest financial conglomerate, Itaú Unibanco Holdings S.A. After the 2008 merger of Brazilian public banks Itaú and Unibanco, the conglomerate became one of the largest banks in the world. Now, its clients will have access to
According to recent market research, the diaper market in both the US and Latin America was valued at approximately US $19 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach US $25 billion by 2023. As the world’s population continues to increase, the arrival of training diapers, cloth material diapers and swimming diapers is set to
The fourth edition of Microsoft’s CSE Sync Week took place this April in Seattle, bringing together 664 developers from 46 different countries for a high-octane, week-long hackathon. Over 50 cutting-edge tech projects were hand-selected by Microsoft, to spend a week under one roof working in teams to find cutting-edge solutions to various client-oriented hacking challenges.
Not only is Brazil the largest country in Latin America, as well as the only Portuguese-speaking one, but it also boasts one of the region’s leading e-commerce markets. According to the latest Statista business intelligence report, Brazil’s e-commerce market is expected to reach values of almost $21.3 billion this year and $31.7 billion by 2022. One