Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Brazil startup dares to deliver to favelas

Brazil

SAO PAULO: Clapping their hands, ringing bells and yelling at the top of their lungs to find the right recipient, delivery workers for Brazilian startup Favela Xpress dare to go where traditional companies won’t: the slums. The firm launched in April in Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo’s second-biggest ‘favela’, a sprawling shantytown of 100,000 people with a maze … Read more