DURING THE HALF century that they ruled the country, Myanmar’s military dictators occasionally turned to astrology for policy decisions. In the late ’80s, for example, the government switched the currency from units of 10 to nine, a more auspicious number. Economic turmoil followed. More recently, after an astrologer reportedly warned of an imminent American air […]
Myanmar Freelance Start-Up Aims for Substantial Growth in One Year
August 15, 2017 by
IN LESS than one year since its September 2016 launch, Chate Sat, Myanmar’s first ever freelancing platform where users can find or offer freelance work, has gathered more than 5,000 freelancers and 900 employers on its network. Honey Mya Win, co-founder and chief executive officer of Chate Sat, said on Sunday that the start-up recently […]
Myanmar’s Phandeeyar Accelerator startup graduates Chate Sat, White Merak secures six-digit funding
July 11, 2017 by
Myanmar’s Phandeeyar Accelerator startups Chate Sat, a freelancing platform and White Merak, an animated comic application have secured a six-digit funding each from local and foreign investors on Thursday. Chate Sat which means connect in Burmese, has raised the investment from Vulpes Investment Management Pte Ltd back in May, alongside additional investment from Theta Capital based in Singapore […]
Tackling Asia’s final technology frontier
March 21, 2017 by
Honey Mya Win didn’t have to look far to discover the tech potential for Myanmar. A 26-year-old former telecom engineer at Huawei, she was directly involved in configuring mobile phone towers and base station controllers that expanded 3G access to the once reclusive nation. “My team was actually the one connecting the country,” she said. […]
