Asia’s ‘quieter’ tech locations
Cambodia | Myanmar | Sri Lanka | Thailand
The January 2022 snapshot of some of the headlines from some of Asia’s ‘quieter’ tech regions, drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily updates
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Catalyst 2022 program for social entrepreneurs using 5G
Cambodia: Tech news in January 2022
- Startup Cambodia National Program was formally launched December 9th, as a component part of of the Kingdom’s 2021-2035 digital economy and social policy framework
- Cambodia: Gov’t Khmer Enterprise to roll out Investment Readiness program for startups and SMEs aiming for network of investors and bankers to boost businesses
Cambodia E-Commerce Strategy (pdf)
Myanmar: Tech news in January 2022
- Myanmar: Military junta raises commercial tax on internet services, boosting cost of SIM cards and adding 15% tax on revenue gained from internet services
- Myanmar: Norway’s telco group Telenor to sell 51% stake in Wave Money fintech, citing military coup impacts
- Myanmar: Military junta set to outlaw VPN use and cryptocurrencies in likely bid to cut funding of resistance movement to military coup
Myanmar’s military coup cybersecurity legislation
Sri Lanka: Tech news in January 2022
Sri Lanka: Towards A Startup Friendly Government (pdf)
Thailand: Tech news in January 2022
- Thailand: An intro to Runnex Technology, one of ten finalists from the Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator Singapore-Thailand Demo Day
- Thailand: Binance and Gulf Energy Development subsidiary, Gulf Innova, to partner to study possible development of a digital asset exchange
- A brief intro to the 10 finalists selected for the Singapore-Thailand Demo Day of the Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator, set for January 11th
Deloitte: Thailand Digital Transformation Survey 2021 (pdf)
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