Women in Brazil Are Changing the World of Tech. Here’s How.
Women in Brazil Are Changing the World of Tech. Here’s How.
Women in Brazil are forcing their way into tech, but still face barriers to entry; today just 13 percent of start-up entrepreneurs in São Paulo are women.
Camila Achutti grew up fascinated by code. Her father was a programmer and as a kid she’d listen intently as he dictated lines of COBOL, an English-like programming language, by phone.
"It was this language that only select people spoke," says the 25-year-old tech entrepreneur from São Paulo. “I wanted to be part of that group."
Achutti’s interest only grew in Brazil’s tech-savvy environment. In sheer numbers, Brazil is one of the most internet-connected countries on earth: Nearly 140 million Brazilians have ...
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