The impact of smartphones on emerging markets

How disruptive technologies are booming in Asia and Africa

We are all, as investors, used to talking about the concepts of emerging and developed markets. But these concepts have changed dramatically over the past decade, with the line between the two increasingly blurred.

China is now one of the largest economies in the world, and emerging markets now make up more than 50% of global GDP. With this in mind, it should not be that surprising that in some sectors, emerging market companies are now more advanced than their developed market equivalents. Smartphone technology has played a key role in allowing countries to leapfrog traditional models and create disruptive new ways of accessing markets and customers. Forget the FANGS: Looking beyond disruption hype When we look back in history at the way human knowledge has evolved, one of the most extrao...