Horasis, a global visions community dedicated to advancing collaborative solutions for sustainable growth, announces the 2019 Horasis Global Meeting, hosted in Cascais, Portugal, April 6-9. With discussions set to revolve around the theme of “Catalysing the Benefits of Globalization,” 800 leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society will gather in the enchanting fishing town of Cascais,
Apptite is the Brazilian startup aiming to take the everyday stress of preparing meals out of an average week. The app aims to connect local chefs with hungry customers looking for healthy, home-cooked food from Monday to Friday. The idea behind the service came about as a result of a local chef who had her own
Dubbed Ecolones, a play of words with “Eco” and Costa Rican national currency “Colónes”, Costa Rica hopes to inspire other Latin American countries with a new virtual currency paid to encourage recycling. While the world’s leaders discuss the deeply concerning environmental records at the global climate change conference COP24, some countries seem to be more
Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, has concluded its third edition of the annual Seedstars LATAM Summit in Lima, Peru this week. During the event, the Launch of Seedspace Lima was announced at the Summit in the aim of continuing Seedstars efforts in building a thriving
In the dire assessments that climate change reports have given us about our not too distant future, the Dominican Republic doesn’t come off too well. In fact the island nation in the Caribbean stands to take one of the largest hits from the effects of soaring global temperatures; including rising sea levels, droughts that could
The electrical scooter company Grin issued has just announced its expansion to Colombia, starting with Colombia’s capital Bogotá. Users will be able to book their rides using the popular delivery app Rappi, made possible through a strategic partnership with Colombia’s first ‘unicorn’.
Ecuadorean Inty Grønneberg has been named Latin America’s inventor of the year by prestigous university MIT (Massacheussets Institute of Technology). Grønneberg, who is also half-Norwegian, won the accolade for his invention that promises to rid rivers and, by extension, oceans as well of plastic. Grønneberg is currently a PhD researcher at Imperial College’s Dyson School
The Puerto Rico’s Science, Technology and Research Trust (PRSTRT) has announced an investment of USD 225,000 through the follow-up fund parallel18 Ventures in four Puerto Rican and Latin American startups in return for stocks or convertible notes, as a match to private capital raised by the companies. The fund carries the name of accelerator parallel18
OKCoin, one of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges, announced today the launch of its licensed cryptocurrency exchange platform in Argentina. This is its first venture into Latin America and according to the company, it’s the first of many such launches in the region. From today onwards, cryptocurrency traders in Argentina can deposit Argentine Peso
Colombia is seeking to bring the country’s emeralds within the coveted status of appellation of origin, a status conferred to products associated with unique territories like Italy’s parma ham and Grana Padano parmesan cheese. Cognac, champagne and darjeeling all belong to this exclusive club of products that are afforded a certain “heritage status” if accepted.