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Women in Brazil Are Changing the World of Tech. Here’s How.

By Danielle Renwick

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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