Myanmar’s tech and startup news remained extremely ‘thin’ in the third quarter of 2021 due to the ongoing military coup in the country. Because of this, the Q3 2021 tech news round-up is, unfortunately, a collection of items from past months, rather than Myanmar’s current or breaking technology headlines.
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July 2021 | August 2021 | September 2021
September 2021
- Myanmar: Telenor telco to withdraw from Myanmar due to military junta demands to install surveillance equipment to intercept communications on Telenor network
- Myanmar: Wave Money mobile wallet provider has lost more than 50% of monthly active users this year, adding to woes following Ant Group’s derailed plans to take a stake
- Myanmar: National Unity Gov’t to launch mobile learning with Moodle and Zoom for primary, secondary and vocational schools to teach around military coup impacts
- The video pitch from RecyGlo waste management and recycling firm, presented at the recent online Unicorn Battle SE Asia & Oceania event
- A look at how TikTok is making the same mistakes around disinformation and fake news that Facebook has already made in the country
- Download: Analysis of the provisions of the draft Cyber Security law (pdf)
August 2021
- Myanmar: Wave Money mobile wallet provider has lost more than 50% of monthly active users this year, adding to woes following Ant Group’s derailed plans to take a stake
- e-news, latest issue: Myanmar’s mobile wallets, WeWork in Australia, driverless data…
July 2021
- Myanmar: Senior foreign telco execs barred by military junta from leaving the country over failure to implement spyware tech on communications systems
- Myanmar: A brief video look at how smartphone footage is likely to provide evidence to support prosecutions for crimes against humanity by the country’s military
- Myanmar: National Unity Gov’t to launch mobile learning with Moodle and Zoom for primary, secondary and vocational schools to teach around military coup impacts
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