Rest of World is collecting examples of AI being used for campaigning, misinformation, and memes in a regularly updated tracker. | Continue reading
Tarun Mehta is the co-founder and CEO of Indian electric two-wheeler company Ather Energy. | Continue reading
As dozens of countries head to the polls, we’re monitoring the way AI is being used to inform, misinform, and entertain voters. | Continue reading
Argentine startup Nippy aggregates data from gig workers and sells it to companies like Mastercard and Movistar, who in turn offer workers their services. | Continue reading
Rest of World spoke with 40 riders for Swiggy in India. Many described losing coverage when they needed help the most. | Continue reading
Southeast Asians are heading to Taiwan to train for semiconductor jobs, which is helping to fill a talent gap at the world’s top producer. | Continue reading
You can’t fight for free speech in Brasilia from Texas. | Continue reading
Little-known e-rickshaw companies like YC Electric are at the forefront of the country’s EV revolution. | Continue reading
Steve Chen on the strengths and weaknesses of Taiwan in cultivating tech startups. | Continue reading
After the pandemic pushed Brazilian manufacturers and store owners to digitize their businesses, e-commerce platforms began pulling out all the stops to lure vendors. | Continue reading
An e-commerce battle brews between Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop with the continued rise of livestream selling. | Continue reading
Disney, Ambani, and the Netflix niche. | Continue reading
Former gig drivers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda are still feeling the pinch after Jumia Food abruptly exited seven African markets. | Continue reading
Rarely seen globally, there are already thousands of battery swap stations across China. | Continue reading
From India to the U.K., UAE, and Thailand, Nigeria-founded Moove is chasing profitability. | Continue reading
Melina Cruz Villafaña, Maqui’s chief revenue officer, says data-driven textile manufacturing is more cost-effective and eco-friendly. | Continue reading
A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de generadores. El proyecto se frenó. Mientras tanto, las exportaciones de litio crecen. | Continue reading
Local projects stall as the mineral’s fourth-largest producer exports to the U.S. and China, and courts Elon Musk. | Continue reading
Drivers for the Vietnam delivery company had used workarounds but feared detection. After Rest of World's reporting, the clause was dropped. | Continue reading
By advertising on Instagram and TikTok, and selling through marketplaces, vendors are finding their way around the ban. | Continue reading
An overdue ruling from the Oversight Board. | Continue reading
Workers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan were booted off the AI-training service earlier this month. | Continue reading
TikTok’s owner launched LetsChat in 2021, aimed at young Africans and boosted by heavy marketing, but it couldn’t crack WhatsApp’s dominance. | Continue reading
Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the equation. | Continue reading
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and The Walt Disney Company have joined forces creating a hard-to-beat streaming entity in the country. | Continue reading
Bayo Adekanmbi explains why voice-based learning is the best way to increase AI adoption across Africa. | Continue reading
As temperatures soar and fuel prices triple, drivers are having to choose between their health and livelihood. | Continue reading
Fast depreciation in an already slow market has panicked car buyers, many of whom are venting their frustrations on social media. | Continue reading
What the TikTok ban really means for U.S. companies. | Continue reading
Filmmakers, critics, and users blame the platform’s struggle in Africa on poor user experience, a lack of local content, and mediocre publicity. | Continue reading
Battery-pack builders chase maximum range, despite safety risks. | Continue reading
Rest of World shadowed workers in São Paulo, Lagos, Dhaka, and Jakarta to get an intimate look at how they spend their breaks between orders. | Continue reading
Rest of World asked over 100 gig workers across 10 cities how they take a break between tasks. | Continue reading
Paul Azunre welcomes Big Tech making AI tools in African languages: “It is good to have some competition.” | Continue reading
In January, the Colombian delivery giant implemented a $2.40 weekly fee for delivery workers in Brazil to use the app. | Continue reading
The Chinese market isn’t quite as untapped as U.S. companies thought. | Continue reading
Gig work platforms prohibit the rental of accounts but the practice has become a popular — but risky — way to sidestep bans. | Continue reading
From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S. giants are steadily increasing their presence on the continent. | Continue reading
Real estate agents turn to Douyin and Kuaishou to show properties virtually through livestreaming, drawing the attention of out-of-town buyers. | Continue reading
PiggyVest co-founder Odunayo Eweniyi says fintech products aren’t necessarily replicable in other African countries. | Continue reading
After big successes in Africa, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, China's Transsion Holdings sets its sights on India. | Continue reading
Eleven years after her Pyongyang trip, Rest of World’s founder revisits how she interpreted the country, its people, and their culture. | Continue reading
A tale of two tech industries. | Continue reading
Rest of World reviewed nearly 50 orders on Vietnam’s second most popular food delivery app, and in most cases, the distance was estimated lower than Google Maps’ estimate. | Continue reading
Sri Lanka’s economy had been in free fall, so PickMe set out to help local communities and provide “dignified” work. It paid off. | Continue reading
Tinder’s parent company attended an unprecedented meeting with the U.S. Embassy and local authorities in Colombia to curb attacks against foreigners. | Continue reading
Bipin Preet Singh is the co-founder and CEO of Indian fintech major MobiKwik. | Continue reading
Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces competition from Chinese-backed OPay. | Continue reading