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
Although they speak the same language as innovation giants Brazil and Portugal, the entrepreneurs of former Portuguese colonies have long since struggled to acquire funding, due to the developing nature of both their countries and startup ecosystems. Support for entrepreneurship in Lusophone Africa is notably lower than across the rest of the continent, which can
Media Incubator ESPACIO has announced the official launch of Aztec Reports after having acquired the news outlet in July 2018. The newly launched Aztec Reports is an English-language news publication run by an organisation of international journalists. Their mission is to deliver the most important and up-to-date information about Mexico and provide a truthful source
Based in Bogotá, Polymath Ventures builds companies from scratch that caters to the middle class in emerging markets. LATAM.tech talks to founder Wenyi Cai about building a company that builds companies. Latin America has challenges almost as numerous as it does salsa bars. With much of the continent still very much reliant on a parallel