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Middle East tech giants are building super-apps to dominate digital life

The race for super-apps is intensifying in the Middle East. Unlike Western markets, where Google, Apple, and Meta maintain separate app ecosystems with strict integration limits, […]
June 5th, 2025
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VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech

Technologies that promise to track, manage, and supervise workers, increasingly using artificial intelligence, are getting entrenched in the developing world, according to a new report by […]
June 3rd, 2025
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The math tutor and the missing $533 million

One morning in January, Byju Raveendran sat in the back seat of his shiny black Cadillac as it sped through Dubai. Just three years prior, the […]
May 27th, 2025
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How do you compete with Chinese e-commerce giants? A Vietnamese company is deploying housewives

Vietnam’s e-commerce platform Sendo, once seen as a homegrown rival to deep-pocketed foreign competitors, shut down its core marketplace on April 15. While Sendo’s closure stemmed […]
May 9th, 2025
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Why Vietnam is in the middle of the U.S.-China trade war

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ongoing tour of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia has drawn U.S. ire as he promotes free trade in a region facing some of […]
April 18th, 2025
Techpoint Africa

How British streaming platform Mixlr found a home in Nigerian churches 

Until recently, church services were primarily characterised by physical gatherings where congregants could come together to worship and build a sense of community. However, as digital […]
April 4th, 2025
The Low Down

A brief history of quick commerce in China

How quick commerce becomes a trillion-yuan market in China In February this year, JD.com, a leading ecommerce platform in China, entered the food delivery market. We […]
April 2nd, 2025
Korea Tech Today

LG Energy Solution Becomes First Korean Company to Receive National Certification for Electric Bike Battery Swapping

LG Energy Solution has become the first South Korean company to receive national certification for battery swapping stations (BSS) and swappable battery packs for electric two-wheelers. […]
March 31st, 2025
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