On this episode of the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4McHbaOE0avF952ZGZAOOk">Emerging Markets Tech Startups podcast</a>, we take you to Zambia. Zambia is a country of 18 million people in Southern Africa. The country is famous for the world’s widest and largest waterfall, Victoria Falls. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simunza/">Simunza Muyangana</a> joins us as the co-founder and Director of <a href="https://bongohive.co.zm/">Bongohive</a>, Zambia’s first technology and innovation hub which started 9 years ago! We discuss how Bongohive was founded with the advent and explosion of Android, the first Zambian startup to receive a $1 million investment and why Prince Harry from the Royal family comes to visit.

South Africa | How payments innovations tackle inequality

Venturing through 90+ countries, we’ve discovered one commonality. From Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East to Eastern Europe, there are growing tech startup ecosystems transforming the world. Emerging market startups are generating market-creating innovations, leapfrogging Silicon Valley’s innovations, and solving local problems faster than governments. 

Join us to hear from startup ecosystem champions, entrepreneurs and investors in emerging markets. We discuss what makes these markets culturally unique, local trends, challenges consumers and founder face, and the opportunities.