Sri LankaN Startups
~ May 2018 News ~
= Sri Lanka AT A GLANCE =
Population: 20.810M
Internet users: 6,087,164
Internet penetration: 29.3%
- Disrupt Asia 2018 digital conference set for August 11 in Colombo
- AngelHack Sri Lanka 2018 PreHack Awareness Session set for Colombo, June 12
- An overview of the approaching SLASSCOM Innovation Summit and Awards
- A look at the recent Venture Frontier Lanka Startup Boot Camp event in Jaffna
- In Sri Lanka, Facebook’s dominance has cost lives, with false information leading to violence
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka to establish fintech-focused regulatory sandbox
- An overview of the upcoming Google IO Extended Sri Lanka 2018
- Venture Frontier Lanka Startup Boot Camps set for May
- China’s Alibaba acquires Daraz, online marketplace covering Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal
= HASHTAGS =
#startupLK is the more formal hashtag to use, based on international country ID, whilst #startupSriLanka is the simpler tag. Bear in mind that these may only pick up the English-language coverage, and not Tamil or other local languages.
