Innovation

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • May 22, 2017 • 6 min read

Entrepreneur Chy Sila A Cambodian story

By Paul Millar • May 22, 2017
From a $500 business selling pirated CDs in Phnom Penh, Chy Sila has risen to become CEO of Cambodia’s leading media organisation

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • May 20, 2017 • 7 min read

Architecture Building a vision for the future

By Claire Knox • May 20, 2017
From his striking office in central Phnom Penh, architect Hun Chansan tells Southeast Asia Globe why his firm prefers to take risks and where he believes Phnom Penh’s planning and development is going all wrong

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • May 13, 2017 • 4 min read

Cambodia The slow growth of organic farming

By Euan Black • May 13, 2017
Farming without chemicals brings huge benefits to both producer and consumer, but it’s a hard sell in Cambodia, where poverty is preventing large swathes of the rural population from investing in a long-term, organic future

Innovation • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 25, 2017 • 7 min read

Smart Tech investments Anna Gong on Southeast Asia’s start-up bubble

By Euan Black • Apr 25, 2017
Anna Gong, the winner of the Singapore Women Entrepreneur Award 2017 and CEO of Perx, a mobile customer loyalty company backed by Golden Gate Ventures and the co-founder of Facebook Eduardo Saverin discuss artificial intelligence and the region’s obsession with fintech

Innovation • Apr 10, 2017 • 10 min read
Microfinance

In whose interest?

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

Innovation • Apr 07, 2017 • 7 min read
Yangon

Grand designs and crumbling colonial architecture

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

Innovation • Mar 31, 2017 • 11 min read
Urban Migration

Cambodia’s affordable housing crisis

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?
By Claire Knox • Mar 31, 2017

Innovation • Mar 21, 2017 • 6 min read
William Heineke

On top of the world

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
By Rachna Sachasinh • Mar 21, 2017

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 • Dec 27, 2016

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 • Dec 07, 2016

Innovation • Nov 17, 2016 • 8 min read
Education

The millionaire 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 • Nov 17, 2016

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 • Nov 16, 2016