Cambodia tech snapshot for December: Cambodia-Vietnam cross border QR payments systems launch; Cambodia Digital Awards selects tech winners; impacts on the Mekong River from the Cambodia-Thailand Funan Tech Canal; and more.
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- Cambodia sets sights on lifting digital skills base to 100,000 by 2030, alongside boosting basic digital literacy and rolling out broadband access to 1600 communities by 2027 / full item
- Here’s an overview of Cambodia’s startup ecosystem’s opportunities, and challenges, from KiriPost / full item
- National Bank of Cambodia, ACLEDA Bank and State Bank of Vietnam launch cross-border QR code based payments / full item
- Download: ‘Assessing the state of Cambodia’s startup ecosystem, 2024 report’ from Startup Cambodia PDF link: / full item
- Cambodia: Regulator blocks access to 16 crypto exchange websites over lack of formal licensing, although mobile apps remain available / full item
- Cambodia: Techo Startup Center and Wing Bank select 5 winning teams from cohort 4 of the Reverse Innovation Program, each focused on community pain points / full item
- An overview of the Cambodia Digital Awards 2024, dovetailing with the Digital Skills Development Roadmap 2024-2035 to raise digital literacy and skills across the Kingdom / full item
- Myanmar’s Better HR launches Better Jobs platform to streamline recruitment for businesses, with expansion sights on Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and wider SE Asia shortly / full item
‘…the Mekong is facing increasing pressure from ambitious infra projects, competing interests, and the effects of climate change… Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal, highlights these challenges’ / full item
- Malaysia’s Solarvest partners Singapore’s Vista Contracting & Investment for rooftop and utility-scale solar projects in Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan, and Cambodia / full item
Southeast Asia: “…the rise of global scam operations is the third-most concerning geopolitical trend for regional respondents.” / full item
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- SpaceX launched 30 satellites on December 21st, second in Bandwagon ‘rideshare’ series, delivering payloads from South Korea, Finland, the US and others…
- France’s Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor is now online and connected to the national grid, with electricity production set to develop in line with testing and safety protocols…
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