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December 2024
- 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
November 2024
- Cambodia: Khmer Enterprise unveils UNIPRENEUR Season 3, spanning 50 universities with the goal of boosting Cambodia’s youth entrepreneurship and innovation skills / full item
- Cambodia: Bakong Tourists app launches, a collaboration between Nat’l Bank of Cambodia and Mastercard, aiming to smooth local payments for international visitors / full item
- Cambodia: Japan’s NTT Docomo and Nippon Electric Company partner for ‘Orex Sai’ 4g wireless in Cambodia, creating a base for future 5G services / full item
October 2024
- Cambodia: Central bank partners China’s Ant International for Alipay+ cross-border mobile payments via the KHQR system, facilitated by Cambodia’s Bakong CBDC / full item
- Cambodia: An intro to GrubFeeds agri-tech, turning organic waste into sustainable animal feed using black soldier flies, cutting methane emissions in the process / full item
- Thailand: The Australia Room opens its doors, a forensics training hub for police forces from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, focusing on cyber-scams and crime networks / full item
Cambodia: “Digital technology can boost agricultural productivity and alleviate poverty, but Internet connectivity in rural areas hinders enterprise…” / full item
