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Emerging markets don’t need watered-down versions of global products. They need solutions designed with their realities in mind. A product that feels tailored to fit the local context will be a lot easier for people to accept. And the companies that take the time to build such products stand to build a long-lasting trust in these markets.

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund and SoftBank Vision Fund 1 are working with a financial adviser and have reached out to potential investors to gauge interest.

WORQ, a Malaysia-based coworking and flexible workspace provider, has in a partnership deal with Bandar Utama City Group, to launch its latest outlet at KPMG Tower, 8 First Avenue in Bandar Utama.

Singtel and Tencent Games have on last Thursday announced the launch of Honor of Kings ∙ Cloud (HoK ∙ Cloud) using Singtel’s 5G network slicing technology.

Singapore-based Gill Capital Group, which manages fashion and lifestyle brands including H&M, ALO, and On Running in Southeast Asia, has partnered with Google Cloud to launch a first-of-its-kind generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solution.

Vietnamese electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast has officially launched its premium electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in India.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced Monday hat the Green Investments Partnership (GIP), a blended finance partnership under Singapore’s Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P) initiative, has achieved its first close with $510 million of committed capital from global and regional private, public and philanthropic institutions.

The APAC region faces several barriers to adopting AI in health care, but there are also many opportunities to embrace it. Nations should focus on continued innovation and collaboration to advance digital medical technology and take advantage of everything AI has to offer.

Greenitio, a Singapore-based startup developing functional biopolymers for cosmetics and specialty chemical applications, has raised $1.5 million in Seed funding to accelerate its path to commercial readiness.

MetaComp, a licensed cross-border foreign exchange and digital assets infrastructure provider headquartered in Singapore, and OSL Group, a Hong Kong-listed global compliant digital financial infrastructure platform, have announced a strategic partnership to foster compliant cross-border digital asset infrastructure between the two countries.