More: digital economy
Turning challenges into opportunities: Africa’s industrial development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
When world leaders gathered in New York
for the 70th session of the General Assembly in 2016, and proclaimed the period
2016-2025 as the Third Industrial...
A Short History of the ASEAN Digital Future
This month, Malaysia celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence,
led by 94-year old but digitally savvy Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Singapore also celebrated its 54th National...
‘Digital divide’ will worsen inequalities, without better global cooperation
Inequality will worsen unless the so-called “digital divide” – the gap between
under-connected and highly digitalized countries – is not addressed, warns a
new report released...
Africa E-Commerce Action Agenda Launches Roadmap to Sustainable Development
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with
the International Trade Centre, today released the Africa E-Commerce Agenda, an eight-step action plan to realize the benefits...
Supporting Women in Tourism to Gain More Digital Skills Makes Business Sense
In cities and towns across Malaysia, blink and you may miss one of the
country’s most promising sources of income.
Among the most successful hosts...
Net Neutrality, EU final call on Internet governance?
It is
possible to celebrate the ability of European models of pluralism protection to
adapt to the new challenges posed by technological progress. The European Union
has...
Roadmap to Position the Mashreq Region as Digital Hub
A new World Bank Report finds that Mashreq countries have a unique
opportunity to catch up on strengthening the digital economy ecosystem and
reposition themselves as...
How Southeast Asia can take its Digital Economy to the Next Level
While the digital revolution
has already brought many benefits to Southeast Asia, the region has a unique
opportunity to achieve even faster progress by reinforcing the...
Data Collaboration for the Common Good
Delivering on the promise of public-private data
collaboration for the common good requires attention in five priority areas
according to a new report, Data Collaboration for
the...
Business in Need of Cyber Rules
For more than 20 years, countries have been struggling to introduce a
set of rules of conduct and liability requirements for digital space users.
Progress in...