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World in Progress: A delivery app for Brazil's favelas

Bianca Kopsch/speaker: Alistair WalshFebruary 16, 2022

Violence is so common in Brazil's favelas that online retailers refuse to deliver to addresses there. One young man who tried to buy something online and was refused decided to take matters into his own hands and developed an app. That was successful and has created jobs for residents and helped out businesses in the favela, too.

https://p.dw.com/p/477a8

Alistair Walsh has this story by Bianca Kopsch.