Mercedes Bidart -27-year-old city planner from Argentina graduated with a master’s from MIT- tells the story of her experience as a young entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of Quipu Market, a digital marketplace for micro-businesses in low-income communities of Latin America.

In this podcast, Mercedes elaborates on the developments of Quipu as a trading platform enabling communities to visualize the local economy to then work together to transform it. Focusing on putting technology in the hands of the users, Quipu answers the need for trading in informal settlements by providing them with a platform for their own economy therefore not only changing the status quo and the way people are transacting but also changing their everyday dynamics and creating circular economies.

#NFFStories is a new series of podcasts produced by the Norman Foster Foundation that aims to empower our community to make positive change. A new platform for people around the world to share and hear inspirational stories and ideas that are going to shape the future.

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