October, November & December 2020
Cambodia’s tech news
The quarterly round-up of Cambodia’s tech news here delivers a single source for Q4 2020’s technology headlines from Cambodia, drawing on Startup News Asia’s monthly Cambodia startup news summaries.
As with our monthly news round-ups, headline items listed are linked directly to each original free-to-read online article behind each headline – no middle-man platforms, no misappropriation of authorship, and providing readers with instant access to the news platforms that each article sits on, alongside providing exposure for the technology journalists who wrote the articles.
October 2020 | November 2020 | December 2020
December 2020
- Smart Axiata Digital Innovation Fund backs Banhji, financial platform for MSMEs, and DRVR, fleet analytics software logistics and passenger vehicles
- A brief intro to a number of the Kingdom’s coworking and shared-office businesses
- “National Bank of Cambodia has its job cut out in solving multiple problems including low financial inclusion and countless payment app providers. Is Project Bakong the tool that fixes this?”
- ICYMI: Cambodia’s Smart Axiata Digital Innovation Fund backed BanhJi, fintech for MSMEs, and Thailand’s DRVR fleet analytics software provider
- Angkor 500 Ideation Incubator Programme applications close December 31st, a 500 Startups, Khmer Enterprise and Gov’t initiative
- Reverse Pitch Day applications close January 15th, run by Techo Startup Centre to have institutions pitch problems to solution-makers
- An intro to the 10 startups selected for Habitat For Humanity’s ShelterTech accelerator, working to address housing livability and affordability
November 2020
- A monthly round-up of the Kingdom’s tech startup news, drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily updates across social media and mobile
- A one-page round-up of the Kingdom’s tech and startup news headlines, linked for online reading and QR coded for offline reading
- Angkor 500 launched by 500 Startups in partnership with gov’t Khmer Enterprise unit to boost establishment of tech startups with sights on regional growth
- Ministry of Commerce launches national e-commerce strategy, setting goal of becoming middle-income economy by 2030
- A deep dive into the Kingdom’s investment and VC ecosystems
- Techo Startup Centre to hold Reverse Pitch Day in December, allowing institutions to outline challenges for students, innovators and startups to address
October 2020
- Mediaload digital news portal gains series A backing from Thailand’s True Group with focus on Myanmar and Cambodia
- Impact Hub Phnom Penh to launch online Business Resiliency for Startups programme for entrepreneurs with funding from Smart Axiata telco
- An online listing of some of the Kingdom’s startups, compiled by Impact Hub Phnom Penh
- Sisters of Code, first and only all-female coding club in Cambodia, selected as one of 7 winners in MIT Solve Learning for Girls & Women Challenge
- Cambodian Women in Tech Meetup set for October 16th in Phnom Penh, an informal event aiming for the development of connections and networks
- A 1-page snapshot of the Kingdom’s recent tech and startup news headlines, linked for online reading and QR coded for offline reading from print
- Smart Farm Assistance takes first place at She Loves Tech Cambodia 2020 with IoT-based agritech solutions
- Central bank rolls out Bakong digital currency, built on blockchain tech designed by Japan’s Soramitsu
- The white paper produced by Japan’s Soramitsu, outlining Project Bakong, the central bank digital currency launched by the National Bank of Cambodia
Asia’s tech news, today
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