Innovation

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 18, 2018 • 7 min read

Dini Aryani Criddle ‘I really want to make Indonesia famous for speciality coffee’

By Janelle Retka • Oct 18, 2018
Long recognised as one of the top global coffee exporters, Indonesia has transformed its coffee industry, dramatically increasing its local consumption and the quality of its coffee bean production. Southeast Asia Globe met up with Dini Aryani Criddle, founder of Indonesia’s gourmet Tanamera Coffee, to hear how her company helped lead the change

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 13, 2018 • 7 min read

Whatever happened to Cambodia’s homemade electric car?

By Paul Millar • Sep 13, 2018
The homegrown Angkor Car has hinted at a future free from the gas-guzzling SUVs on Cambodia’s crowded streets. But despite a glamorous launch in 2013, the Kingdom’s first electric car seems to have stalled at the starting line

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 27, 2018 • 6 min read

Philippines Dollars without borders

By Janelle Retka • Aug 27, 2018
As the Philippines continues to hold rank as the Southeast Asian country with the largest number of migrant workers heading overseas, the amount of money being sent home to family members in the island nation is rising – and cryptocurrency could help keep more earnings in Filipinos’ pockets

Innovation • Aug 22, 2018 • 3 min read
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PPCBank: Ten years of innovation

For almost a decade, PPCBank has witnessed enormous changes in Cambodia’s banking sector. President Shin Chang Moo shares some of the ways that putting people first can keep customers coming back for more
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 22, 2018

Innovation • Aug 21, 2018 • 2 min read
Ooctane

A business set up by Cambodians for Cambodia

Cambodia’s longest-running logistics service provider, WorldBridge Group, has launched its $5m venture capital fund Ooctane to help local companies get off the ground. Fresh startups could see investments from the firm of up to $10,000, while those with a viable product ready could get $25,000. Southeast Asia Globe caught up with the group’s chairman and the new VC’s leading investor, Rithy Sear, to talk about the impact the firm hopes to make on the Kingdom
By Janelle Retka • Aug 21, 2018

Innovation • Aug 14, 2018 • 7 min read
Architecture

Building a brighter Cambodia

When 35-year-old Hok Kang launched his career a decade ago, he wanted to change Cambodians’ perception of architecture. Since then, he has helped create Brown Coffee's look, trained up young architects at his own firm and ventured into high-end real-estate development by founding UrbanLand
By Janelle Retka • Aug 14, 2018

Innovation • Aug 13, 2018 • 4 min read
Fintech

Is Southeast Asia ready to go cashless?

Southeast Asia Globe probes how financial technology and the regional startup scene could change the way Cambodia and the other countries of Southeast Asia pay for stuff
By Tom O'Connell • Aug 13, 2018

Innovation • Aug 09, 2018 • 9 min read
Gender equality

Banking on change

Cambodian women are traditionally charged with overseeing their families’ finances once the paycheque comes home. While this skillset remains an essential part of Cambodia’s economy, what more can the financial sector do to take advantage of this home-grown expertise?
By Janelle Retka • Aug 09, 2018

Innovation • Aug 07, 2018 • 5 min read
Augmented reality

A game changer in bomb disposal

Bomb disposal is perhaps the most difficult job in the world; one wrong move, and it’s over. Golden West, operating out of Cambodia, is using the latest augmented reality technology to help in the demining effort
By Robin Spiess • Aug 07, 2018

Innovation • Aug 02, 2018 • 7 min read
Remittance transfers

How cryptocurrencies are helping Filipinos to cut costs

As the Philippines continues to hold rank as the Southeast Asian country with the largest number of migrant workers heading overseas, the amount of money being sent home to family members in the island nation is rising. Using cutting-edge technology, local entrepreneurs are exploring avenues for cutting the cost of remitting money, which keeps more earnings in Filipinos’ pockets
By Janelle Retka • Aug 02, 2018

Innovation • Jul 25, 2018 • 7 min read
Ho Chi Minh's Hollywood

A Vietnamese dream

Award-winning US filmmaker and producer Timothy Linh Bui relocated his company Happy Canvas Film to his ancestors’ homeland. Since then, his team has been providing a new take on the Southeast Asian country for the world to see
By Janelle Retka • Jul 25, 2018