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Similar to Peru in LATAM, the Philippines was late to the Asian startup fury but it is catching up fast.
Timothy Motte
After a late start due to a historically import-driven tech sector, the Peruvian startup ecosystem is finally heating up.
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Thailand's start-up ecosystem is dominated by conglomerates; with all the positives and negatives that brings.
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A drastic change in governance has led to Uzbekistan reinventing itself and its national start-up ecosystem in the process.
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After struggling to transform its extensive talent pool into local champions, the French start-up ecosystem has finally achieved takeoff.
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While the country seemingly has everything it needs to succeed, deep-rooted institutional glitches still hinder it from reaching its full potential.
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A historical crossroads between east and west, Turkey's start-ups are honoring their ancestors' desire for commercial expansion.
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Ghana's start-up ecosystem is often hidden behind Africa's "Big Four". However, Kwame Nkrumah's country has attributes others on the continent don't.
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Suffering from severe under-coverage in international media, Bangladesh's economy has quietly become one of the most impressive growth stories of this…
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Romania's former communist government wasn't keen on private enterprise. But decades later, Romanian tech founders are using some elements of communist…
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Hit hard by the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland doubled down on its strengths to come out of its economic headache. The country's start-up ecosystem…
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While often considered one of Africa's most developed start-up ecosystems, South African start-ups still suffer from unnecessary red-tape and…
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