Best Dianna Yau Podcasts (2024)

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The Growth of Latin America’s Superapp ft. Rappi’s Product Lead 39:02

3y ago39:02

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Rappi is one of the largest superapps in Latin America with over 15M users. The company started out as an on demand delivery service and today has become an everything store across Latin America’s population of 650M people. We’re joined by Rappi’s Product Lead, David Vanegas, who attributes Rappi’s success to their users’ creativity, and the compan…

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Scaling Southeast Asia’s largest Superapp, ft. Grab’s Head of Product 45:28

3y ago45:28

45:28

Grab is the largest superapp tech company in Southeast Asia with over 250M downloads in a region with 600+ million people. Grab first started out as a ride sharing company but quickly grew into food delivery, payments and so much more. In this episode, we speak to Grab’s Head of Product for Deliveries, Zhibo Sun. Zhibo shares insights into Grab’s p…

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Nigeria's Fastest Growing Fintech w/ the COO of PiggyVest 41:38

3+ y ago41:38

41:38

Like many emerging markets, saving money in Nigeria was expensive. Then came PiggyVest, a free savings and microinvestment product, that's now one of the fastest growing fintech startups out of Nigeria. PiggyVest built a strong following and grew to millions of people by word of mouth. Seriously, check their Twitter mentions. We spoke to Odunayo Ew…

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Using Localization to Innovate with Bykea's COO 42:16

3+ y ago42:16

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Bykea is a ride sharing and delivery startup in Pakistan and the fastest growing startup in a country of 220 million people. Founded by serial entrepreneur Muneeb Maayr, Bykea is taking on the juggernauts Uber and Careem. The 5 year old startup is quickly growing due to its obsession with localizing the product to meet the needs of everyday Pakista…

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Philippines | The Startup Islands 44:57

3+ y ago44:57

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Have you ever noticed all your Filipino friends seem to have family all over the world? That’s because so many of them have migrated all over the world in the last century. Hence when Filipinos return home to build a startup, they bring a diversity of ideas and experience from all over. In this episode, we explore the Filipino startup ecosystem wit…

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Malaysia | How Malaysia’s diversity makes its startups excel at building global products 28:40

3+ y ago28:40

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Since its early days, Malaysia has been a key part of the globalization trend. Malacca, a city in the Malay peninsula, was historically an important destination along the Silk Road trade route. This meant its had a history of a melting pot of cultures. Today it has enabled Malaysian entrepreneurs to excel at building startups serving multiple regio…

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Building a startup for emerging markets from Silicon Valley| Mark Heynen VP @ Stellar, co-founder of Payjoy 27:10

3+ y ago27:10

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Over the last episodes, we’ve focused on people and companies in emerging markets building for their markets. There’s also been a wave of companies in Silicon Valley building for emerging markets. Those include Payjoy which focuses on selling smartphones via loans and Branch, Tala and Kiva who give microloans to everyday people. Today we have Mark …

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Lithuania | The rise of the Baltic startups 33:55

3+ y ago33:55

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On this episode, we venture into the Baltics and more specifically, Lithuania. Although the Baltic states are small, what they lack in size they make up in innovation. Even during the Soviet Union era, the Baltics served as the innovation hub. And today countries from this region serve as models for the rest of the world. For example, Estonia is th…

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Thailand | Southeast Asia's 2nd largest economy 28:49

3+ y ago28:49

28:49

In this episode, we take you to Thailand, known globally as the ultimate vacation getaway. But did you know it’s also Southeast Asia’s second largest economy by GDP and has a population of 67 million people? These are some factors that prime it to be a key startup ecosystem in the region. We’re joined by Amarit Charoenphan who is probably one of th…

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Myanmar's startup ecosystem 50:45

3+ y ago50:45

50:45

With 55 million people, Myanmar transitioned from 5% to 85% internet penetration in just 7 years. That’s more than 65% of the population that has access to electricity! This transition started 2 years after the country ended its militaristic rule in 2011 to become a democracy. The opening up of the country paired with the population’s latent demand…

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Iran | How constraints breed innovation 39:24

3+ y ago39:24

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With 88M people, Iran’s startup ecosystem is one of the best examples of “constraints breed innovation.” Politically, sanctions have limited Iran’s participation in the global economy including limiting the use of everyday products like the Apple and Google Play store. With limited foreign influence, the usual competition that local tech companies …

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Egypt | The startup revolution 24:32

3+ y ago24:32

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With over 100 million people, Egypt makes up ¼ of the 400 million population in the Middle East. 60% of these people are under 30 years old. With a 70% internet penetration rate, highly skilled developers, and tons of local challenges that serve as opportunities, Egypt is one of the most robust startup ecosystems in the Middle East. High growth sta…

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Bangladesh | How the density dividend scales startups fast 39:00

3+ y ago39:00

39:00

You haven't seen city density till you've been to Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. It's one of the densest cities in the world in a country of 165M people. This density presents challenges like terrible traffic, sprawling slums and incomplete infrastructure. Bangladeshi startups have taken advantage of the density to innovate for those unique chal…

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Pakistan | Using tech to tackle social problems 56:11

3+ y ago56:11

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With 220 million people and 70% of the population under 30 years old, Pakistan is prime for technological innovation with its highly talented developers and tech hungry consumers. This ecosystem transitioned from being an outsourced R&D center for companies like Kayak years ago to building Daraz, the Amazon of Pakistan which sold to Alibaba in 2018…

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Indonesia | 6 unicorns in 4 years, one of the fastest growing startup ecosystems 46:14

3+ y ago46:14

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Indonesia is the world’s 4th most populated country with almost 280 million people. Its enormous size plus strong economy has enabled its exploding tech ecosystem with 6 unicorns in just 4 years. The largest being ride hailing superapp, Go-jek, valued at $10B. No surprise given Indonesians are obsessed with mobile tech and internet penetration stan…

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How emerging market startups are beating Silicon Valley's tech giants 30:45

4y ago30:45

30:45

85% of the world’s population or 6 billion people live in emerging markets. Thus growth for Silicon Valley’s tech giants is often synonymous with building for emerging markets. Building products for the next billion requires a deep understanding of local cultures. And in recent years, the local tech companies’ innate understanding of its people has…

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Ethiopia | 10% GDP Growth & 10 Years of Startup History 40:35

4y ago40:35

40:35

What comes to mind when you think of Ethiopia? Did you know they’re one of the fastest growing economies with a 10% average annual growth rate for the last 15 years? Or what about the fact that Ethiopia is the second most populated country in Africa with 115M+ people? Don’t worry if you didn’t know these facts because we have Markos and Florian joi…

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Kenya | The AI Revolution in Africa 35:37

4y ago35:37

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On this episode, we take you to Kenya in East Africa. With 54 million people it is smaller than Nigeria (200M) and Egypt (100M). However, according to Disrupt Africa, Kenya has received more venture capital investments than any country in Africa. It might have something to do with being the first place in Africa to get widespread mobile payments ad…

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South Africa | How payments innovations tackle inequality 36:39

4y ago36:39

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On this episode, we take you to South Africa. South Africa is one of the richest countries in Africa but also the most unequal country in the world. Marcello Schermer joins us as the Head of Expansion at Yoco, the “Square” of Africa. We discuss how innovations in payments are unlocking entirely new markets while tackling inequality and enabling ent…

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Zambia | Prince Harry visits BongoHive’s thriving startups 36:24

4y ago36:24

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On this episode of the Emerging Markets Tech Startups podcast, 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. Simunza Muyangana joins us as the co-founder and Director of Bongohive, Zambia’s first technology and innovation hub wh…

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Nigeria's Startup Ecosystem Ft. Kola Aina of Ventures Platform 40:35

4y ago40:35

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Nigeria's population will explode to 400 million people by 2050. Today, Nigeria is the startup epicenter of Africa. Hear from our guest, Kola Aina who founded Ventures Platform to invest in the future of Africa. Kola talks about the most innovative companies from Nigeria, and how he sees the future of the country's startup ecosystem. --- Support th…

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The Growth of Latin America’s Superapp ft. Rappi’s Product Lead 39:02

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Scaling Southeast Asia’s largest Superapp, ft. Grab’s Head of Product 45:28

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Nigeria's Fastest Growing Fintech w/ the COO of PiggyVest 41:38

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Using Localization to Innovate with Bykea's COO 42:16

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Philippines | The Startup Islands 44:57

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Malaysia | How Malaysia’s diversity makes its startups excel at building global products 28:40

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Building a startup for emerging markets from Silicon Valley| Mark Heynen VP @ Stellar, co-founder of Payjoy 27:10

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Lithuania | The rise of the Baltic startups 33:55

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Thailand | Southeast Asia's 2nd largest economy 28:49

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Myanmar's startup ecosystem 50:45

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Iran | How constraints breed innovation 39:24

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Egypt | The startup revolution 24:32

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Bangladesh | How the density dividend scales startups fast 39:00

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Pakistan | Using tech to tackle social problems 56:11

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Indonesia | 6 unicorns in 4 years, one of the fastest growing startup ecosystems 46:14

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How emerging market startups are beating Silicon Valley's tech giants 30:45

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Ethiopia | 10% GDP Growth & 10 Years of Startup History 40:35

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Kenya | The AI Revolution in Africa 35:37

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South Africa | How payments innovations tackle inequality 36:39

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Zambia | Prince Harry visits BongoHive’s thriving startups 36:24

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Nigeria's Startup Ecosystem Ft. Kola Aina of Ventures Platform 40:35

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