Online news coverage of the tech and startup ecosystems in the countries featured here tends to be ‘light’ when it comes to English language online media. Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand – and Myanmar – do have their own ecosystems, but these are often served in their own languages, and with little outside coverage.
Below are quick highlights of each country’s tech news headlines from April 2022, as covered in the English-language online press.
• Cambodia’s tech news: April 2022
• Sri Lanka’s tech news: April 2022
• Thailand’s tech news: April 2022
Weekly Asia-Pacific tech news on Substack
Cambodia: April 2022
- Cambodia: Khmer Enterprise invites project production and management bids for Khmer Enterprise Startup Award program, focusing on high school, startup and SME categories
- Cambodia: CamSEED to open 1000 Internship Campaign to promote paid student internships to sharpen Industry 4.0 skills, with minimum of 50% of all placements filled by women
- Cambodia: National Incubation Center of Cambodia Startup Technology Conference set for April 30th, showcasing solutions to investors, partners and clients
- Singapore’s MetaOne platform brings blockchain-based gaming and decentralized finance to Cambodia with Sabay digital media and entertainment group partnership
- Cambodia: A interview intro to Lastmile Works VR tech firm, and the potential for Cambodia’s metaverse development
Startup Cambodia / Events, ecosystem, resources
Sri Lanka: April 2022
- Sri Lanka: A brief look at the recent Hack Like A Girl hackathon organised by SLASSCOM Women Technopreneurs Forum, the IFC and Government of Japan
- “Sri Lanka had imposed a nationwide social media blackout, restricting access to platforms including Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Instagram as a state of emergency was declared…”
- Sri Lanka: SLASSCOM inks MoUs with 4 key startup hubs across Sabaragamuwa, Wayamba, Eastern and Central regions, covering four of the country’s main provinces
- Sri Lanka: Spiralation Seed Funding Program applications close April 27th, from the Information and Communication Technology Agency
- Sri Lanka: An intro to the 7 startups that presented at the recent Spiralation Demo Day by ICTA
Myanmar & Chinese surveillance tech
Thailand: April 2022
- Blockchain in hospitality: “…in Thailand, Sri Panwa Phuket and its sister properties…have been accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and USDC…since September 2021.”
- Thailand: Athena Mentor blockchain startup unveils ‘mentor-to-earn’ service allowing a user to receive tokens by contributing as a mentor or participating as a mentee
Geopolitics of the Metaverse / Eurasia Group
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