Digital Asia

Civil Aviation Directives by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, designed to mitigate risks and security issues surrounding commercial drone operations.

Microsoft Corporation invest $1 billion over the next five years in Malaysia as part of a new partnership programme with government agencies.

China’s central bank is looking to enable foreign athletes and visitors to use the country’s digital currency during the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

Alibaba has launched a mini app for its community group buy platform on rival Tencent’s instant messaging platform WeChat.

Funtap, a Vietnamese mobile gaming company, has purchased a 30% stake in local digital payments platform 9PAY.

Malaysian internet entrepreneur Anthony Tan is set to dramatically increase his control over his company Grab to joins Nasdaq later this year.

Huawei is the latest Chinese tech giant to announce its intentions to compete in the automotive sector at the same level as the established automakers.

Smart Selangor Delivery Unit (SSDU) partnered with Telekom Malaysia and Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its new Smart Digital Infrastructure (SDI) initiative.

Grab considering a secondary listing in its home market of Singapore after completing Nasdaq listing via a US$40B special purpose acquisition SPAC merger.

Gojek and Tokopedia, two of Indonesia’s most valuable tech companies, are finalizing a blockbuster US$18 billion merger to create a gargantuan ride-hailing.