Been There, Built That 30 November 2020 Africa’s streaming wars have begun Jason Njoku’s IrokoTV is a streaming platform for Nollywood, Nigeria’s robust movie industry. But finding customers on the continent has been hampered by the economic realities facing many Africans. By Aanu Adeoye
Been There, Built That 15 October 2020 The man who built the future of dining This entrepreneur wanted to change the economics of food delivery in Latin America through cloud-kitchen technology. Then Covid-19 struck. By Leo Schwartz
Been There, Built That 28 September 2020 Channeling grief into innovation After his daughter passed away, this entrepreneur created an AI health platform to help modernize how patients are monitored in hospitals. By Natasha Madov
Been There, Built That 10 August 2020 The world’s protest app of choice Without intending to, this startup developed a messaging app used in protests from Hong Kong to Minneapolis — and found a Twitter co-founder as an investor along the way. By Leo Schwartz
Been There, Built That 27 July 2020 Building for yourself An entrepreneur saw a need for his products in Myanmar, but the country was missing critical systems to support them. So he built his own. By Vittoria Elliott
Been There, Built That 30 June 2020 What good are millions of apps if (almost) nobody can use them? How one software pioneer built a hyper-localized app store that unlocked the internet for 90% of India By Tekendra Parmar
Been There, Built That 23 June 2020 The Disneyland of social media Building a social media app usually means courting trolls and misinformation. But from day one, a former school principal at this Filipino startup kept politics off its platform. By Vittoria Elliott
Been There, Built That 16 June 2020 How Twitter came to love my bot Meet the enterprising entrepreneur whose innovation landed a job offer from Twitter on the spot. By Chuma Asuzu
Been There, Built That 2 June 2020 Build the app you want to see in the world Motivated by her own struggle with issues often ignored in Mexico, Andrea Campos decided to create an AI mental health app; she didn't know she'd be launching it during a pandemic. By Vittoria Elliott
Been There, Built That 26 May 2020 What the doctor ordered Nguyen Viet Anh, the co-founder of a Vietnamese website for doctors, on the challenges of digitizing medical data in a country that still values traditional methods By Michael Tatarski
Been There, Built That 19 May 2020 How to solve one billion complaints The former head of Twitter India's news, politics, and government on the e-governance platform built for users and what he learned from it By Tekendra Parmar
Been There, Built That 12 May 2020 Randi Rahbar: “What do I do with a credit card in a country like Iraq?” The founder of ShopYoBrand on connecting Iraqis with the world through her e-commerce platform By Majd Al Waheidi