From Pablo Escobar to Colombia's Software Valley
summary
Medellín transforms into a tech hub by connecting hillside barrios with metro and cable cars, creating Ruta N and neighborhood Software Valley centers, and hosting ~360 tech companies. City programs train 50,000 people in six-month cohorts, distribute 200,000 computers, make three public universities tuition-free, and built pandemic ventilators locally. Infrastructure work swaps 150,000 streetlights for LEDs then adds IoT sensors, uses FIWARE (open source, used by 400+ cities) for real-time data, and cuts teen pregnancy 30% in two years.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Medellín’s transformation story
- 1:27Pablo Escobar to Silicon Valley
- 5:23Urban planning and innovation
- 8:18Shift to tech-driven economy
- 10:46Ruta N innovation ecosystem
- 13:41Youth tech education
- 14:46Free university education
- 15:50Smart city infrastructure
- 18:41IoT urban solutions
- 21:35Data-driven policies
- 22:41Violence to innovation
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