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Cobuilding platform looks to Latin America for the next big exponential startup

In the age of hyper-connectivity, you don’t have to be in Palo Alto to develop the next world-changing algorithm. In an era of digital inclusion, where information and powerful technologies once available only to huge organizations become more accessible everyday, and no-name startups burst on the scene to compete with industry giants, the little guys

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Sunny in foggy times: IT in Latin America

Many North American companies consider Latin America as a region with high-performance software developing teams, able to compete with any region in the world in terms of best practices, quality and performance. Though there are also still some challenges.

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Central America and Caribbean Startups

Change the world, drink righteous-flavoured coffee

If not hindered by drought, plant diseases or other obstacles, the average coffee farmer makes a meagre $3/day. Luckily, some brave companies stand up to not only question but also change the rules of the game.

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South Summit – Pacific Alliance

South Summit – Pacific Alliance brought the most innovative entrepreneurs of the region together with important international investors in a competition that crowned 4 winners. The first edition of South Summit – Pacific Alliance took place in Bogota on December 1st.

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Latam.Tech’s media incubator Espacio announces launch of new publication – En Serie

Espacio announced this morning the launch of their newest project, En Serie. The online publication will be focused on keeping up with the latest films, series, and everything related to the exciting world of visual entertainment. The project, which began to take shape at the end of 2017, aims to respond to the demands of contemporary

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Gender equality and food sovereignty growing hand in hand

An estimated ten million small-scale farmers across 80 countries work to produce 70% of the world’s coffee according to Co-op Coffees, and in the past, Fair Trade has ineffectively tried to support farmers with gender equality. “If food sovereignty is to have an intellectual future within critical agrarian studies, it must reconcile the inherent contradictions of the ‘we are

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South America

Cultivando Futuro is answering the data needs of Colombian farmers

“Data! Data! Data!” begins the quote from Sherlock Holmes, “I can’t make bricks without clay!” It is this sentiment that Colombian farmers are quickly grasping.

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South America Startups

Swipe Right for a New Job

Worldwide, startups work eagerly to change the design of tomorrow’s job market. And they are ready to come up with a new standard, edging out the classic job application.

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Beyond Fair Trade: What you need to know about LATAM’s AgTech shift

An estimated ten million small-scale farmers, working less than ten hectares of land, across 80 countries work to produce 70% of the world’s coffee according to Co-op Coffees. Sometimes the efforts of the complex Fair Trade network are complementary, but all too often they are contradictory in their guiding fair trade and financial standards. Regional competitions

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South America Startups

The differences between hiring candidates in Brazil vs the US

Brazil’s recent recession has impacted an inevitable change, one which will provide a steep learning curve to the employment market.

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