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Huawei to invest US$100 million in Chile’s internet infrastructure

Contxto – Chinese tech giant, Huawei, intends to invest over US$100 million in Chile. According to the company, everything is...

May 9, 2019

Banxico rolls out CoDi pilot for cashless QR and NFC payments

Contxto – After months of anticipation, Mexico’s national bank (Banxico) finally launched the Cobro Digital (CoDi) pilot program on April...

May 3, 2019

Brazilian government signs measure to reduce bureaucracy for startups

Contxto – Last Tuesday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a provisional measure to foster entrepreneurship through reduced levels of bureaucracy....

May 3, 2019

Kids Corp nabs US$2 million to childproof the internet

Contxto – A British digital media company, SuperAwesome, just bought a US$2 million stake from Latin America’s lone kidtech platform,...

April 22, 2019

Movo raises US$22 million to bring more scooters to Latam

Contxto – Spanish micromobility startup, Movo, recently raised over US$22 million to introduce services in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay as...

April 18, 2019

Google launches new initiative to improve Cuba’s internet infrastructure

Contxto – Cuba’s internet infrastructure may finally join the 21st century with a collaboration between Google and the island’s telecommunications...

April 1, 2019

Costa Rica’s President starts talks with Silicon Valley to boost the country’s tech industry

Contxto – The President of Costa Rica is on a mission to attract more U.S. enterprises to the Central American...

March 11, 2019

Brazilian government allocates R$20 million for startups

Contxto – Calling all young startups operating in São Paulo – now is the time to propel projects to new...

February 26, 2019

Chile rejects Amazon’s Alexa due to name complications

Contxto – It looks like Amazon isn’t undefeatable after all. In an attempt to register its virtual assistant “Alexa” in...

February 7, 2019

Colombian government declares moto-taxi startup Picap illegal, founders push back

Contxto – Picap, the Colombian moto-taxi app, finds itself in hot water after Colombia’s Ministry of Transport declared it to...

February 7, 2019