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Grab appoints Philipp Kandal as Chief Product Officer

Grab Holdings Limited, the Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, has on Monday announced that it has promoted Philipp Kandal to Chief Product Officer, effective February 1, 2023. Kandal will oversee the product, design and analytics teams and lead the product vision and strategy for Grab.

China’s JD.com to shut e-commerce sites in Indonesia, Thailand – report

JD.com is China’s largest online retailer and its biggest overall retailer, as well as the country’s biggest Internet company by revenue.

Singapore’s LingoAce aims to open a world of opportunities for children through tech-enabled, immersive learning [Q&A]

In the interview, Yao also shared the trends driving innovation in the EduTech industry and how has COVID-19 sped up the acceptance of online learning and hybrid learning.

Combo of smarter existing cities & new, high-tech cities will make Thailand a desirable destination for global investment, says Dr. Non Arkaraprasertkul

In the interview, Dr. Arkaraprasertkul also shared his views on smart cities startup ecosystem in APAC and how depa help drive the smart cities ecosystem in Thailand and also his suggestions to encourage startups to come up with smart city solutions.

SEA food delivery platforms total GMV grows 5% y-o-y to $16.3B in 2022

Southeast Asia food delivery platforms' total gross merchansdise value (GMV) grew 5 percent year on year to $16.3 billion in 2022, from S15.5 billion in 2021, a report said Tuesday. According to Momentum Works, the growth was mainly driven by the relatively smaller markets of the Philippines ($2.4 billion), Malaysia ($2.2 billion) and Vietnam ($1.1…

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Indonesia plans to start crypto exchange in 2023 – report

Crypto assets in the country are currently traded alongside commodity contracts under the supervision of the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency.

TechNode Global’s Top 10 most-read contributor’s articles

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TechNode Global’s Top 10 interviews in 2022

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