Digital Economy
Bancassurance: a win-win solution for Bangladesh
With a gross domestic product growth rate of nearly 5.8 percent in 2023, Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Driving Bangladesh’s prospects is our extremely active domestic consumer market, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of GDP and is rapidly expanding on the back of a growing middle and affluent class. Fuelling this growth is a digital economy that is also expanding rapidly.
ASEAN launches talks on $2.7 trillion digital economy pact
Online trade across countries in South-east Asia is set to become faster and more convenient, as ASEAN starts work on a new framework that could unlock a potential US$2 trillion (S$2.7 trillion) in its digital economy by 2030
How Bangladesh can boost digital entrepreneurship
It is disheartening to see that Bangladesh couldn’t find a place in the top third of the ranking in this very telling study.
Bangladesh on the right track to becoming a digital economy
American tech giant Cisco Systems has doubled its headcount and office space in Bangladesh and opened a depot for spare parts as it looks to expand footprint in a country steadily moving to become a digital economy.
Challenges loom for Asia’s digital landscape
In Asia, no economic or business sector is as vibrant or commands more attention of policymakers as the digital sphere, this trend well documented in a landmark study by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s first annual Digital Economy Report.
Digital tech applications creating jobs for women, engineers: LinkedIn
Emerging jobs related to the digital economy have been and are expected to continue growing quickly in China as digital technology is applied in more fields, says a senior executive from LinkedIn.
This is how blockchain can radically reshape the future
According to the Fall 2018 issue of MIT's Sloan Review Magazine, “Blockchain technology is set to be a major player of the future digital economy.”
OPINION: From FinTech to EdTech
Last week my elder brother made a remark that shook my understanding of education, “I learn today more from YouTube than I have learnt all my life”. In truth, we are bombarded by so much information that we have knowledge indigestion.
Bancassurance: a win-win solution for Bangladesh
With a gross domestic product growth rate of nearly 5.8 percent in 2023, Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Driving Bangladesh’s prospects is our extremely active domestic consumer market, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of GDP and is rapidly expanding on the back of a growing middle and affluent class. Fuelling this growth is a digital economy that is also expanding rapidly.
ASEAN launches talks on $2.7 trillion digital economy pact
Online trade across countries in South-east Asia is set to become faster and more convenient, as ASEAN starts work on a new framework that could unlock a potential US$2 trillion (S$2.7 trillion) in its digital economy by 2030
How Bangladesh can boost digital entrepreneurship
It is disheartening to see that Bangladesh couldn’t find a place in the top third of the ranking in this very telling study.
Bangladesh on the right track to becoming a digital economy
American tech giant Cisco Systems has doubled its headcount and office space in Bangladesh and opened a depot for spare parts as it looks to expand footprint in a country steadily moving to become a digital economy.
Challenges loom for Asia’s digital landscape
In Asia, no economic or business sector is as vibrant or commands more attention of policymakers as the digital sphere, this trend well documented in a landmark study by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s first annual Digital Economy Report.
Digital tech applications creating jobs for women, engineers: LinkedIn
Emerging jobs related to the digital economy have been and are expected to continue growing quickly in China as digital technology is applied in more fields, says a senior executive from LinkedIn.
This is how blockchain can radically reshape the future
According to the Fall 2018 issue of MIT's Sloan Review Magazine, “Blockchain technology is set to be a major player of the future digital economy.”
OPINION: From FinTech to EdTech
Last week my elder brother made a remark that shook my understanding of education, “I learn today more from YouTube than I have learnt all my life”. In truth, we are bombarded by so much information that we have knowledge indigestion.