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4 startups facilitating a borderless world

The Startup Magazine

Danish-based startup Inpay was formed after founder Jacob Tackmann Thomsen realized money donated to help orphaned children in Myanmar after 2008’s Cyclone Nargis would lose 5% to fees and take days to arrive. With Inpay’s payments managed via a single connection, these issues are eradicated.

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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

YoungUpstarts

The syllabus is centred on responsible and social entrepreneurship on top of hospitality management. Dr Liow: We had one recent graduate who decided to join forces with his dad to manage the family-owned backpackers chain in Yangon, Myanmar. What are some success stories you can share (of any recent graduates)?

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

The key here is to transfer foreign management expertise and technologies to China while tapping on its huge domestic entertainment market. Beneficiaries include ASEAN mainland cities like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Fortunately, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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Financial Literacy Across Asia Declining: Mastercard

YoungUpstarts

MasterCard’s Index – which covers Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar – calculates an aggregate score for each country based on three components: basic money management, financial planning and investment.

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Geography of The Great Resignation: What Is the Global Impact?

Board Effect

One survey of garment workers in Honduras, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and India found that many had no choice but to borrow money and go into debt. Managers who aren’t adapting their working models will be left wanting — and their organisations will pay the price.”. Just offering big budget salaries isn’t cutting it anymore,” she said.

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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

Myanmar, which has an exceptionally high rate of infant mortality, is providing pregnant women with a free app from Council member Ooredoo that provides health alerts with care information and locations of medical services. Improving the health of people at-risk. A top-down vision may result in a city that few people want to live in.