Digital Economy
Digital Economy
AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform that removes the complexity of building a recurring business model. Sell any product, through any channel, on any device—as a service. Their platform efficiently powers all sales, direct or indirect, lowering customer acquisition costs, and uniquely unifies identity, data, mobile, and billing management for digital services to increase customer lifetime value.
Conekta is an online payment-expert company from Mexico. It was founded in 2012 by Cristina Randall, Hector Cardenas and Leo Fischer. Conekta currently employs over 160 people that share the purpose to create an economy that includes and benefits everyone.
FourthRev is an education-technology start-up working across Australia, the UK and the US with a strong belief that collaboration between industry and universities is the best way to solve the skills crisis of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
They build world class online learning programmes that lead to qualifications from leading universities, certifications from the world's best technology companies and digital technology jobs with a global network of employer partners.
"Our global team accelerates the careers of people all over the world using a unique model of digital skills education. At FourthRev, we want every team member to feel challenged, supported, heard, and appreciated. We want you to feel proud of where you work. We’re a community of big thinkers, can-doers and action takers working to help people thrive in digital economy careers. We’re passionate about work being a meaningful, fulfilling part of life – a belief that’s reflected in what we do and how we do it."
Also see: Product School
Laboratoria is a Latin American organization with the objective of shaping a more diverse, inclusive and competitive digital economy, which opens opportunities for each woman to develop her potential and, in this way, transform the future of Latin America.
Since they started in 2014, more than 2,700 women from different parts of the region have been trained in Laboratoria's six month bootcamps as Web Developers or UX Designers. Through their placement services and events, graduates of today's program work in more than 1,000 companies that have opted for diversity and inclusion, adding them to their technological teams.
What Laboratoria says:
"Somos una organización que impulsa a las personas a desarrollar sus habilidades para trabajar y crecer en la era digital. Nuestra visión es que América Latina tenga una economía digital diversa, inclusiva y competitiva, que genere oportunidades para todas las personas.
Dedicar nuestra vida profesional a construir una América Latina que apuesta por el talento, la inclusión y la diversidad es uno de los mejores desafíos de trabajar en Laboratoria. No importa en qué país estemos ni qué rol tengamos, cada Laboratorian que integra este equipo tiene una convicción profunda en el impacto de nuestro trabajo. Esta convicción nos une, nos conecta, nos acerca. Pensando en ella hemos construido nuestra cultura."
Also see: Conekta
