FT World Tech Founders

‘When I started, no one knew what a start-up was’

Aktau, on the Caspian Sea, is far from being a tech hub. Yet one entrepreneur from Kazakhstan is changing that For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

‘Africa should not copy and paste Silicon Valley’

Ghanaian tech entrepreneur Ethel Cofie on the advantages of simple and cheap innovation For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

What is it like running a ride hailing app in war-torn Syria?

A talent pool of women programmers has helped two entrepreneurs solve the tricky problem of finding a taxi to take civilians between Syria and Lebanon For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

'I was rejected 167 times'

Communist party member and fintech founder Xu Zewei on the ups and downs of riding China’s start-up boom For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Bulgaria reverses the IT brain drain

Bulgaria was once a centre for production of IT hardware for Soviet bloc countries. Now, as the tech hub of the Balkans, salaries are rising and more developers who moved away to earn better wages are returning home For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy