Corporate Leaders Discuss the Economic and Technological Future of Latin America at TIME Impact Dinner

Industry leaders in Latin America discussed the economic and technological growth occurring across the region at TIME’s Impact Dinner: Leading LATAM's Next Chapter of Growth in Brazil on Friday. Speaking on a panel at the dinner were Paula Bellizia, the vice president of Amazon Web Services in Latin America; Henrique Dias, co-founder and CEO of NoHarm.ai, an artificial intelligence healthcare platform; and Athina Kanioura, the CEO of Latin America for PepsiCo, which sponsored the event. Kanioura called Latin America “the place to be” for many businesses. “We see a lot of white space for big companies to invest, drive growth, drive differentiation, drive innovation,” Kanioura said. She said that PepsiCo has been growing at a faster pace in Latin America than in any other region in the world. Brazil, Dias noted, is full of skilled workers, especially in the engineering, computer science, and AI sectors. He said, however, that without outside investment, it’s difficult to make the most of that workforce and stoke economic growth.“We have very talented people. What we don’t have here is money” said Dias, whose company operates in Brazil as a non-profit that provides free AI services to...