Demand from education providers jolts real estate market

The Yangon real estate sector has received a much-needed boost from an unlikely source: education providers. Since foreigners were permitted to wholly invest in the provision of educational services in the country earlier this year, demand for high-standard condominium and office units has surged. This is because education investors find leasing or buying condominium or […]

Myanmar’s Opening: Doing Business in Asia’s Final Frontier

Myanmar’s explosive economic growth and untapped potential have led many investors to dub the country as “Asia’s final frontier.” The “opening up” of the country, first set in play in 2011 with a set of transformative economic and political reforms by the previous government of Thein Sein, caught much of the world off guard – […]

Yoma Strategic to invest $100m in Dulwich College Yangon

A new international school set to open in Yangon could receive up to US$100 million in financing from Yoma Strategic, an official from Dulwich College International said yesterday. The school will operate across two linked campuses, taking over Pun Hlaing International School in Hlaing Tharyar township – which Dulwich College International already runs – and […]