COVID-19 has brought new insights into the long-term sustainability of our smart cities and frenzy urban lifestyle. While countries around the world are investing in boosting their healthcare sector a…
Digital Economy
Malaysia Electronic Sports Federation Signs $3.2M Partnership With Dynasty Esports
The Malaysia Electronic Sports Federation has revealed a partnership with Dynasty Esports The deal is valued at RM140 million ($3.2M USD) over five years, according to the announcement, and it include…
A Cashless Future For Myanmar
In a survey by Visa, around 64 percent of consumers in Southeast Asia are confident of going cashless for a full day, highlighting the region’s strong drive towards digital payments. Moreover, the 201…
ASEAN Smart Cities: Balancing 5G And Geopolitics – Analysis
The ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) is now in its second year running. Yet smart city goals, such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), have been overshadowed by concerns of geopolitical tensio…
Infrastructure before Implementation: A road map to e-learning in Nepal
With the current Covid-19 crisis forcing everyone to be locked inside homes, it has halted almost every industry from aviation to hospitality and education. The degree of impact caused by the virus is…
Asean firms look to China for payment technology
Chinese financial technology firms have matured under a favourable domestic policy regime with very different standards compared with other markets. Whether or not these companies can adapt successful…
Alibaba Aims To ‘Speed Up’ COVID-19 Recovery With $28 Billion Data Center Investment
China’s biggest cloud computing provider, Alibaba Cloud, will invest a whopping $28.2 billion in cloud infrastructure and the construction of data centers over the next three years as it prepares to h…
Vietnam: Digital economy expected to increase labour productivity
Việt Nam needed to invest in the digital economy and seize the opportunities it provided to improve labour productivity. The information was released at the annual Vietnam economic evaluation report r…
Digital economy expected to increase labour productivity
Việt Nam needed to invest in the digital economy and seize the opportunities it provided to improve labour productivity. The information was released at the annual Vietnam economic evaluation report r…
BPO industry in Philippines seen benefitting as firms abroad cut costs due to pandemic
The Philippines’ business process outsourcing industry may stand to benefit from the “next wave” of outsourcing as companies around the world cut costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …