Financial Times World Tech Founders is a new series on entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Founders talk about the rewards and challenges of starting up a business in countries such as Egypt, Tanzania and China.
6 Available Episodes (23 Total)Average duration: 00:12:59
Nov 28, 2018
‘When I started, no one knew what a start-up was’
00:15:22
Aktau, on the Caspian Sea, is far from being a tech hub. Yet one entrepreneur from Kazakhstan is changing that
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Oct 29, 2018
‘Africa should not copy and paste Silicon Valley’
00:13:48
Ghanaian tech entrepreneur Ethel Cofie on the advantages of simple and cheap innovation
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Sep 28, 2018
What is it like running a ride hailing app in war-torn Syria?
00:13:30
A talent pool of women programmers has helped two entrepreneurs solve the tricky problem of finding a taxi to take civilians between Syria and Lebanon
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Aug 28, 2018
'I was rejected 167 times'
00:13:11
Communist party member and fintech founder Xu Zewei on the ups and downs of riding China’s start-up boom
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Jul 27, 2018
Bulgaria reverses the IT brain drain
00:13:30
Bulgaria was once a centre for production of IT hardware for Soviet bloc countries. Now, as the tech hub of the Balkans, salaries are rising and more developers who moved away to earn better wages are returning home
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Jun 28, 2018
“Starting a business young is a bonus” says Kenyan tech pioneer
00:13:20
Dorcas Muthoni on the opportunities in Silicon Savannah and how to avoid corruption
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May 30, 2018
Ukrainian 3D-printed house takes on US market
00:12:12
Conflict with Russia has not stopped a new crop of entrepreneurs finding funding, including Maxim Gerbut, the creator of the ultimate smart house
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Apr 26, 2018
The woman turning Emiratis into entrepreneurs
00:10:53
Najla Al Midfa is teaching young people in the United Arab Emirates how to start and run their own businesses
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Mar 27, 2018
Paytm challenges Amazon and Flipkart
00:11:02
A shy schoolboy internet entrepreneur, hiding in the college computer centre, Vijay Shekhar Sharma went on to build a mobile payments company with more than 200m users. He says he never wanted to build Cisco, he says always wanted to build an Apple
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Feb 28, 2018
Ukrainian migrants rev up Poland’s tech scene
00:11:44
Poland has seen a surge in Ukrainian immigrant workers since fighting started in Ukraine in 2014. Among them are an increasing number of highly skilled migrants who are entering Poland’s technology industry. One of the start-up success stories is CallPage, which creates tools that help ecommerce companies increase sales by putting sales calls through to the people visiting their web pages.
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Nov 28 | 00:15:22
‘When I started, no one knew what a start-up was’
Oct 29 | 00:13:48
‘Africa should not copy and paste Silicon Valley’
Sep 28 | 00:13:30
What is it like running a ride hailing app in war-torn Syria?
Aug 28 | 00:13:11
'I was rejected 167 times'
Jul 27 | 00:13:30
Bulgaria reverses the IT brain drain
Jun 28 | 00:13:20
“Starting a business young is a bonus” says Kenyan tech pioneer
May 30 | 00:12:12
Ukrainian 3D-printed house takes on US market
Apr 26 | 00:10:53
The woman turning Emiratis into entrepreneurs
Mar 27 | 00:11:02
Paytm challenges Amazon and Flipkart
Feb 28 | 00:11:44
Ukrainian migrants rev up Poland’s tech scene
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