Search results for "Entrepreneur"

Food

Singapore’s plant-based entrepreneurs are targeting meat eaters

In culinary haven Singapore, foodies are pushing for a vegan-friendly future as climate change and food security concerns become increasingly urgent
By Amanda Oon

Interview

Author and social entrepreneur on the link between women’s rights and environmental urgency

In this exclusive interview, Christine Amour-Levar discusses women’s empowerment and the turbulent political past that shaped her childhood in Manila, and her first memoir
By Amanda Oon

Waste management

Waste startups and entrepreneurship tackle Cambodia’s growing trash problem

As waste collection and management issues persist in Cambodia’s major cities, a resident steps up to take out the trash
By Chea Sameang

EDF Board Sets the Future of Entrepreneurship in the Kingdom

After a tumultuous 2 years, the Entrepreneurship Development Fund is primed to provide Cambodia’s growing population of changemakers the funding tools and training opportunities to jump start their business ventures and innovation
By Stew Post

SCIA is instilling students with the spirit of entrepreneurship

SCIA’s signature entrepreneurship programme comprising social enterprise, technopreneurship, edupreneurship and business entrepreneurship has been designed to equip all their students with 21st-century skills. For more information about SCIA’s Entrepreneurship programme, submit your questions here SCIA Primary students put the concepts they have learnt during Entrepreneurship lessons to…
By Singapore Cambodia International Academy

'Stop judging us'

Kokopon founder on female entrepreneurs in Cambodia

In Cambodia, e-commerce businesses are among the most popular in the startup world. As local use of mobile wallets becomes more widespread, a new startup has come onto the market to allow locals to buy online via Facebook messenger — and be connected with hundreds of coupons at the same time, making their online shopping even more appealing than travelling to the store. Southeast Asia Globe talks to Sokneang N Nodzak, the founder of freshly-launched startup Kokopon, to discuss her business idea and her experience as a female entrepreneur in Cambodia
By Robin Spiess

Timor-Leste

Breaking bureaucratic barriers for young entrepreneurs

Timor-Leste, the world’s second-most oil dependent country in the world, is shedding barriers for small business in a bid to boost a flagging economy
By Sophie Raynor

Ten to watch

Entrepreneurs defining Cambodia’s future

With its burgeoning business and startup scene, modern Cambodia is host to a slew of exciting, young talent. We pick out ten rising stars who are shaking up the status quo
By Janelle Retka

Rithy Thul

One of Cambodia's brightest entrepreneurs talks tech, startups and cryptocurrencies

Rithy Thul is one of Cambodia’s leading voices in technology and entrepreneurship. Originally beginning his entrepreneurial career in the tourism industry with the founding of Toursanak in 2010, he co-founded Cambodia’s first coworking space in 2011 and shifted his focus more towards technology-based startups and projects
By Robin Spiess

Counterfeit goods economy

Why this Indonesian tech entrepreneur made an app that spots fake brands

Muqsith Ahmadi, the founder of a Authentic Guards, discusses working with big brands and trying to turn consumers off fake goods
By Euan Black

Bright young minds celebrated at Cambodian entrepreneur awards

The Cambodian Young Entrepreneur Awards recognised five young movers and shakers who have been particularly impressive in pursuing their personal passions
By Madeleine Keck

High-flying Cambodian tech entrepreneur on how to win over investors

Last month, Sopheakmonkol Sok was one of three Cambodians to make Forbes Asia’s 30 under 30 list - a selection of the region's best and brightest young leaders across ten different sectors who are “disrupting and changing the faces of their industries"
By Claire Knox