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Your source for smart, data-driven conversations about innovation and technology in emerging markets - Hosted by Ana Paula Picasso.We explore how startups, fintech, and digital platforms are reshaping economies across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.Each episode…
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Emerging Markets Today Is Back: New Season 2026 (opens the original)
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A new season of Emerging Markets Today is here. New episodes in October and November 2026. Expect more stories from across Africa, Latin America, Asia and beyond, covering entrepreneurship, investment, technology, fintech and the forces changing how emerging economies grow. Don't forget to hit the notification bell! Subscribe to the EMT newsletter: https://emergingmarketstoday.substack.com/ Visit Emerging Markets Today: https://emergingmarkets.today/
Summer Replay: Financial Inclusion: The Good, the Bad and the Controversial (opens the original)
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Financial inclusion is usually presented as an unquestionable good. More people with access to bank accounts, credit and digital payments should mean more opportunity, greater resilience and stronger economic development. But the reality is more complicated. In this episode from the Emerging Markets Today archive, I speak with Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, about financial inclusion, the evolution of banking and the assumptions behind efforts to bring more people into the formal f
Summer Replay: The Case for “Unsexy” Startups in Latin America (opens the original)
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Some of Latin America’s most interesting startups are not building the products that attract the biggest headlines. They are solving practical problems in logistics, payments, business software and other parts of the economy that still do not work particularly well. In this episode from the Emerging Markets Today archive, I speak with Daniel Lloreda , co-founder and managing partner of HTwenty , about investing in early-stage businesses across Latin America and the United States. We discuss what
Summer Replay: From Sudan to Egypt - Building a Digital Business (opens the original)
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Building a digital business in an emerging market often means developing the talent, infrastructure and systems the company needs while trying to grow at the same time. In this episode from the Emerging Markets Today archive, I speak with Aziz Musa , founder of Cush Digital , about building a digital marketing company in Sudan and later moving its operations to Egypt. We discuss how Cush Digital trained young people in digital skills, why Aziz hired for potential rather than experience, and what
Summer Replay: Reinventing Bangladesh’s Private Healthcare Sector (opens the original)
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Access to healthcare is only part of the challenge in emerging markets. Patients also need reliable diagnostics, consistent standards and a system they can trust. In this episode from the Emerging Markets Today archive, I speak with Sylvana Q. Sinha , founder of Praava Health , about building a more patient-focused model of private healthcare in Bangladesh. We discuss why many middle-class patients still travel abroad for treatment, how better digital infrastructure could improve the patient exp
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