Digital Transformation

Indonesia's digital competitiveness score rose to 42.2 in 2026, up from 38.8 in 2025, according to East Ventures's Digital Competitiveness Index 2026, marking a more than 50 percent increase in the average provincial score since 2020.

Malaysia is seeking to position itself as a regional leader in the emerging low altitude economy (LAE), with the government working on a regulatory framework to support new aviation technologies such as drones, air taxis and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, its Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook said Tuesday.

Agentic commerce, bank-backed wallets, and Click to Pay are the three technologies expected to have the most significant impact on consumer payments over the next 12 months, according to the Consumer Payments Tech Horizon report, released by Juniper Research.

Blackwall, a web traffic security company based in Estonia, has partnered with Vietnam's HOSTVN Technology Solutions Joint Stock Company to launch HOSTVN Website Protection, marking Blackwall's  entry into Vietnam, also its first market in Southeast Asia.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its first Local Zone in Vietnam, located in Hanoi, bringing AWS-managed cloud infrastructure to organizations across healthcare, finance, gaming, and other sectors operating in the country.

The panel "Finding the Next World Champion from the Global South" featured Harmender Singh, SVP (Group Business Development & Innovation Advisory) at Cradle Fund and Minjun Liang, Founding Partner at ATM Capital.

Malaysia's digitalization agency Digital Penang and Indonesia's startup ecosystem KUMPUL have renewed their memorandum of understanding for 2026 to 2027, reaffirming their commitment to strengthening the startup, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystem across Malaysia and the region.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Adobe, and Indonesia's Ministry of Creative Economy will jointly help Indonesians turn digital access and creativity into economic opportunity, combining Indosat's nationwide reach, Adobe's AI-powered creative tools, and the Ministry's creative economy ecosystem.

API-first, SaaS platforms are the right foundation for payments modernization, fraud prevention, and cross-border scaling in Southeast Asia, David Becker, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Mambu, said to TNGlobal.

Taiwan's Foxconn and France's Schneider Electric will co-develop integrated solutions for AI data centers, combining Foxconn's expertise in advanced compute platforms and AI rack integration with Schneider Electric's power systems, cooling, and energy management capabilities.