Myanmar start-up NearMe, which provides a digital purchase and payments platform for retailers, has attracted financial help from Sumitomo Corp, a Japane Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company. The funds will enable NearMe to offer more digital solutions to its retail partners, which comprise mainly small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking technology to […]
Yangon airport installs digital concierge to help passengers
January 21, 2020 by
The Yangon International Airport on Sunday launched a digital-concierge system aimed at helping travellers in the country’s premier airport, a senior official said. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism also launched a QR code project that provides information on the latest promotions found at the ministry’s website. Union Minister U Ohn Maung and Yangon Region […]
Myanmar ride-hailer’s CEO looks to raise funds
August 19, 2019 by
Oway, Myanmar’s largest online travel and ride-hailing company, is in the market to raise capital to ramp up its expansion across the country. Founded in 2012, Oway started out as an online travel platform and entered the ride-hailing market in 2015. The company has to date raised total funds of $24.7 million from investors including […]
Ooredoo Myanmar and GSMA team up with Facebook for digital literacy
June 21, 2019 by
The Myanma outpost of Qatari telco Ooredoo has teamed up with GSMA and Facebook to increase digital literacy in the country, the trio announced on Tuesday. Inside Ooredoo stores, Myanma first-time internet users will be able to access “internet education materials” in a bid to increase digital literacy. Approximately 21 million of Myanmar’s 54 million […]
Online shopping site rgo47 eyes a growing market
June 10, 2019 by
When Royal Golden Owls Co. launched the 27th SEA Games Myanmar T-shirt in 2013, it was a hit across the country. To meet soaring demand for the T-shirts, which sported the games’ owl mascot, Royal Golden Owls turned to rgo47 to give consumers the option of ordering online. One of Myanmar’s first online shopping platforms, […]
Telenor Partners with TikTok Video Platform
June 10, 2019 by
Realizing the rising popularity of digital video content among users, Telenor has announced that they have successfully partnered with TikTok, the world’s short-video platform. With this partnership, Telenor has become the first partner of TikTok in Myanmar. As of early 2019, TikTok is available in over 150 markets, and in 75 languages. It was also […]
In Myanmar’s first agency merger, Echo and RevoTech become ERA Myanmar
April 23, 2019 by
23 April 2019, YANGON: Today, one of Myanmar’s leading public relations agencies, Echo Myanmar, and digital marketing firms, RevoTech, announced that they will merge to form a new agency, ERA Myanmar (ERA). The new integrated communications agency will be home to more than 70 experts across digital, creative and strategic communications fields, making it the […]
Microsoft eyes rapid growth in Myanmar
March 28, 2019 by
DRIVEN by the need for digital transformation in both public and private sectors in Myanmar, Microsoft Corporation, a US technology giant, is confident of rapid growth in the country, according to Sonia Bashir Kabir, managing director of Microsoft for Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos. Kabir said in an exclusive interview with The Nation that […]
Maersk moves to new office in Yangon, Myanmar
March 19, 2019 by
Maersk Area Managing Director Marco Civardi and Sealand Asia Managing Director Bo Wegener have cut the ribbon to officially open A.P. Moller – Maersk’s new central city office in Yangon. Located in Junction City, one of the newest built grade-A office towers, the 703-square meter office will provide work space for up to 80 employees […]
