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Brazilian IoT national plan prioritizes funding for health, farming, manufacturing and smart cities

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Communications (MCTIC) has launched the results of its study ‘Internet of things: an action plan for Brazil’,…

Australia to collaborate with Brazil on science, technology and innovation, and Hong Kong on robotics and AI

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The government of Australia is to work with Brazil and China on science, technology and innovation, and to collaborate with Hong Kong on using robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to…

Brazilian tech innovation sector booming despite political and economic crisis

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

by Leonardo Dicker Although the ongoing political unrest helped drag the national economy to a steep recession in the past couple of years, the tech innovation and startup sector has…

Brazil nurtures its own mini Silicon Valley-like clusters

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Nitin Dahad | 0 Comments

The Latin America innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem is now regularly appearing in the global mainstream media, with headlines like The Next Great Startup Will Be A ‘Unicornio’ and Top VCs…

India and Brazil tech innovation visions and priorities for 2014

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

On the global stage, India and Brazil continue to be markets of interest for businesses looking for growth opportunities, particularly in the tech sector. So it’s always interesting to hear…

Bright ideas driving public sector innovation in austere times

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Richard Wallace | 1 Comment

The focus of many western governments is very single-minded: to reduce public expenditure in order to reduce financial deficits, resulting in sever cuts in public services. They should therefore take…