Innovation

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 10, 2017 • 10 min read

Microfinance In whose interest?

By Euan Black • Apr 10, 2017
Cambodia’s microfinance sector reels from the central bank’s decision to introduce an interest rate cap

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2017 • 7 min read

Yangon Grand designs and crumbling colonial architecture

By Thomas Kean • Apr 07, 2017
A new city council and a growing number of progressive architecture firms may signal fresh hope for the city's decaying colonial buildings

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 31, 2017 • 11 min read

Urban Migration Cambodia’s affordable housing crisis

By Claire Knox • Mar 31, 2017
Several privately funded affordable housing developments have broken ground in Cambodia but, as urban migration intensifies, can the country meet the urgent demand for social housing?

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 21, 2017 • 6 min read

William Heineke On top of the world

By Rachna Sachasinh • Mar 21, 2017
Over a glass of scotch at his lavish Bangkok penthouse, Heinecke talks about navigating the region’s tumultuous political landscapes, his rise to riches and giving up his US citizenship

Innovation • Dec 27, 2016 • 8 min read
Islamic Fashion

Hipsters in hijabs

The future looks bright for Southeast Asia’s multi-billion Islamic fashion industry
By Sam Bradpiece

Innovation • Dec 07, 2016 • 5 min read
Cambodia

Can the garment industry survive automation?

Automation will be the future of manufacturing, and it could have profound implications for Cambodia’s 700,000 garment workers
By David Hutt

Innovation • Nov 17, 2016 • 8 min read
Education

The millionnaire teachers

Soaring demand for after-school tuition has spawned the rise of ‘super tutors’ in Singapore. But what is driving the growth of the industry, and is it negatively impacting social mobility?
By Sam Bradpiece

Innovation • Nov 16, 2016 • 8 min read
Milk

A dairy love affair

Thanks to rapid urbanisation and rising incomes, Southeast Asia is consuming dairy products at one of the fastest-growing rates in the world
By Euan Black

Innovation • Nov 10, 2016 • 9 min read
Cambodia

Knowledge for a better future

Forty years after the Khmer Rouge waged a devastating war on education, Cambodia’s children still cannot access the reading materials they need to start a new chapter in their, and the nation’s history. Now, a handful of NGOs are using technology to change that
By Paul Millar

Innovation • Oct 28, 2016 • 10 min read
Spirulina

The food of the future grows on a Bangkok rooftop

Are Bangkok’s fledgling rooftop farms a hidden goldmine for hotels and hospitality businesses? Meet the hoteliers and entrepreneurs proving that environment-focused partnerships are the best marketing tool a business can have
By Claire Knox

Innovation • Oct 26, 2016 • 8 min read
Ride-hailing apps

Delivering change

A rising band of digital insurgents is transforming the delivery industry in Southeast Asia
By Mark Smith

Innovation • Oct 19, 2016 • 8 min read
Vietnam

Helping the blind to ‘see’

Nguyen Ba Hai has developed haptic technology that helps the blind and visually impaired navigate the world around them
By Lorcan Lovett