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The Next Web has written a lot about the UK startup scene over the past few years and, well, it’s fair to say that London has received a pretty big look-in. But we have also covered many fantastic startups based outside the UK capital – for example Screenreach (Newcastle), Datasift (Reading), Buffer (Birmingham), VideoBee (Sheffield), App55 (Manchester) Free Agent (Edinburgh)…and many others. But at times it may seem as though ‘UK’ and ‘London’ are used almost synonymously when discussing the country’s startup scene....

If Startup Weekend around the world has taught us anything, it’s that geek is the new entrepreneur – and Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria is no exception to the new rule. And Alexandria isn’t Egypt’s first city to have put together the 3 day marathon of getting a prototype up and running. Startup Weekend first came to Egypt’s capital Cairo inApril, and just 5 months later, Alexandria, the second largest city has followed suit....

If you were to spend a particularly sunny long holiday weekend in Rio de Janeiro, what would you do? If your choice is to head to the nearest beach like thousands of Cariocas and tourists did, I know at least 120 people here who disagree with you. These startup enthusiasts decided to ignore the temptation and worked full speed for 54 hours on building their own project atStartup Weekend Rio....

For the past few months, I’ve been following the work of three entrepreneursEric Ingram, his wifeMelissa IngramandNick Frostonthe Twitters. Today, they launched TheStartupLi.st, essentially a mini social network of startups and early adopters, whether they are investors, bloggers, designers, programmers or other entrepreneurs. In the first few hours of its launch, they’ve added over 30 startups. StartupLi.st’s main goal is to encourage the discovery of startups by early adopter types. The StartupLi....

Today’s rapid pace of technological advancement, with the rise of technologies like AI, machine learning, blockchain, and IoT, has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives. And the fast-growing global startup scene is at the forefront of this change, making our lives better, faster, and more efficient. But it’s the innovative young startups from emerging markets that have the potential to create the biggest impact. As of 2018,85% of the world’s populationlives in emerging market countries, which represent 59% of the GDP....