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11 regional events
CEE & MENA
17 regional events
Africa
12 regional events
Asia & Oceania
16 regional events
EMERGING
MARKETS
OVERVIEW
By 2030,
87% of the world
population will live in
Emerging Markets
Source: World Bank 2014
By 2020,
80% off all
smartphones will be
located in
Emerging Markets
Source: IDC 2014
THE WORLD AS
YOU SEE IT
$250 - $1,300
$1,301 - $3,500
GDP per capita
$3,500 - $7,800
$7,801 - $22,000
$22,000 – $117,000
THE WORLD AS
WE SEE IT
>80%
60% - 80%
% people with no internet
40% - 60%
<40%
PEOPLE
WITHOUT
INTERNET
4.3B
Source: internetlivestats.com
430M
new internet
users in the
next 4 years,
only in these
10 countries
Source: internetlivestats.com
Source: www.itu.int
THE SPEED OF
INNOVATION
2014 2015
China India
United States China
Japan Indonesia
Brazil South Africa
United Kingdom Brazil
Germany Pakistan
India Nigeria
South Korea Egypt
Russia Vietnam
Italy Bangladesh
Source: World Bank
TOP 10
SMARTPHONE
MARKETS FOR
GROWTH BY
VALUE
3 GLOBAL TRENDS
LEAPFROGGING
Source: www.e-education.psu.edu
MOBILE PHONE
Source: http://www.gsma.com
MOBILE MONEY
In Kenya, 40%
of the GDP is
processed
through
mobile money
(m-pesa)
Source: www.techweez.com
You can collect
payments for goods
and services online
instantly on your
website
SAVING FROM
CHINA-LATAM
TRANSFERS
Cross border payments: clients can create a profile, verify, and
send a local transfer from the comfort of their own home.
Source: www.rocketinternet.com
MOBILE RETAIL
1’200 people per
retail outlet in USA
Vs
90’000 people per
retail outlet in
APAC
E-commerce
platform where
you can compare
product prices.
Solar products
affordable to
low-income
households on a
pay-per-use
installment plan.
INTERNET PENETRATION
#onlinegaming
#e-commerce
#e-traveling
#onlineadvertising
E-COMMERCE
15B
the size of the b2c
e-commerce
market in MENA
by 2015
Online gaming in
LatAm grew
60% between
2012-2014
Mobile/social games studio that
creates storytelling in-episodes games,
based on the model that made
successful TV Shows and Series.
Source: statista.com
E-TRAVELLING
Travel crowdsourcing
platform where users
can see and book
what other people in
the network did.
ONLINE
ADVERTISING IN
CEE
Source: statista.com
DISRUPTING TECHNOLOGIES
China 35th 29th
Indonesia 100th 87th
Nigeria 123rd 110th
Mexico 79th 66th
Vietnam 76th 71st
Turkey 74th 54th
Source: som.yale.edu
CHANGE IN
GLOBAL
INNOVATION
RANKING FROM
2012 TO 2014
CHANGE IN
GLOBAL
INNOVATION
BETWEEN 2012-
2014
Zero pollution process
that converts wastes
into clean petroleum
oils and gases.
Indigodrones, is a software
that analyzes and processes
aerial images and videos
data.
The MIDI Jackets: a wearable technology
which can reproduces different types of
sound based on the body movements.
Hardware device that
transforms the sign
language into written
words and then into
sounds.
“People will remember this as the year
emerging markets take half of the
global GDP.”
Zhu Min
WHY DID I MOVE FROM SWITZERLAND TO NIGERIA?
Because of
overwhelming
opportunities
&
amazing
talents
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