Recife

Recife is the capital of Pernambuco state, located in the Northwest of Brazil. The city has around 1.48 million inhabitants, the ninth largest population in Brazil and the third in the Northwest, behind Fortaleza and Salvador. The Metropolitan Region of Recife (RMR, in the portuguese acronym), an urban conglomerate that includes other 13 neighboring cities, is the fifth largest in Brazil, with around 3.78 million inhabitants.

The city, in the 1990´s proposed a development strategy based on innovation, social inclusion and regeneration of the city´s historic center. After thirty years, Recife is a case of an ongoing process that proves how technology and innovation are fundamental tools for inclusive development, with one of the most important innovation ecosystems in Brazil: Porto Digital.

 To find out more about Recife´s innovation ecosystem and its actors, please click on the image below and find our edition on the city of the series "Brazilian Innovation Ecosystem":