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Can Singapore overcome cultural barriers and spur entrepreneurship?

The team at Jobs Bolega, a start-up from India, is hoping to transform the way workers find jobs in developing countries.

Jobs Bolega, which means "Jobs will now talk", is aimed at people in the lower-income brackets who may not have access to the internet, but have a mobile phone.

"Using mobile voice technology, essentially we are getting employers and employees in a network like LinkedIn to get them a job," says Krishanu Dutta, a founding member of the team.

"We are creating a voice resume (CV) for them."

Krishanu and his team have come to Singapore as part of an accelerator program for start-ups from around Asia to develop their business ideas.

To read the full, original article click on this link: BBC News - Singapore pushes 'entrepreneurial nation'