Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 27, 2016 • 8 min read
Islamic Fashion Hipsters in hijabs
By Sam Bradpiece • Dec 27, 2016
The future looks bright for Southeast Asia’s multi-billion Islamic fashion industry
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Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 07, 2016 • 5 min read
Cambodia Can the garment industry survive automation?
By David Hutt • Dec 07, 2016
Automation will be the future of manufacturing, and it could have profound implications for Cambodia’s 700,000 garment workers
Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 17, 2016 • 8 min read
Education The millionaire teachers
By Sam Bradpiece • Nov 17, 2016
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?
Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 16, 2016 • 8 min read
Milk A dairy love affair
By Euan Black • Nov 16, 2016
Thanks to rapid urbanisation and rising incomes, Southeast Asia is consuming dairy products at one of the fastest-growing rates in the world
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 • Nov 10, 2016
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 • Oct 28, 2016
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 • Oct 26, 2016
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 • Oct 19, 2016
Innovation • Aug 23, 2016 • 12 min read
Responsible Business
How good business changes Southeast Asia
With more and more customers seeking out socially conscious products, the business of ‘doing good’ is booming for social enterprises
By Paul Millar • Aug 23, 2016
Innovation • Jul 13, 2016 • 8 min read
Craft Beer
Southeast Asia’s beer revolution
In Cambodia and further afield in Southeast Asia, craft breweries and brewpubs are now catering to a more discerning caste of beer drinkers
By Logan Connor • Jul 13, 2016
Innovation • Jul 04, 2016 • 11 min read
Banking Industry
Uncertainty ahead
Cambodia and Myanmar are seeing swift economic growth. Can their banking industries keep up with the demands of an increasingly connected world?
By David Hutt • Jul 04, 2016
Innovation • Jun 10, 2016 • 9 min read
Myanmar
Cheese for a land of rice
When Ye Htut Win launched his gourmet food enterprise in Yangon, most wrote him off as a "nutcase". Now, he's at the helm of a growing empire
By Holly Robertson • Jun 10, 2016