A veteran of the tech industry, Ravi Garikipati joined Bangladeshi ticketing and ride sharing company Shohoz in April. Formerly the CTO for e-commerce giant Flipkart, Garikapati joined Shohoz as a director and after, what he says, ‘much deliberation’. As Shohoz continues to grow in Bangladesh, Garikipati’s inclusion will certainly inject a sense
Author: Saqib Sarker
5G: A BRAVE NEW NETWORK
With a ‘$1.2 trillion’ business opportunities in South Asia alone and a complete transformation of how a cellular network distributes data, the upcoming 5G network promises nothing short of a paradigm shift. The speed that 5G will enable initially will be at least 20 times faster (1.4 gigabits per second) than
‘We spent Tk. 3000 crore to buy more spectrum than any other operator and that shows our commitment’
One of the most experienced executive in Bangladesh’s telecom sector, Erik Aas left Grameenphone in 2007. He came back to the country to join Banglalink as the CEO three years ago. Fintech spoke with the veteran professional at the company’s headquarter in Gulshan to know more about where Banglalink is
‘Leading banks around the world trust us because our products are secure’
‘We want to re-imagine a brand like us can play in the life of a customer’
Tasked with the job of driving customer strategies, marketing stategies and delivering them in the market across ten countries in Asia, Sanjeev Kapur took up the position of MetLife’s chief marketing officer for Asia last year. MetLife, one of the leading providers of insurance globally, has been operating in Bangladesh
‘We are successful because banks around the world can trust our system’
The CEO of Kona I and the chairman of its Bangladeshi arm Kona Software Lab, Cho Jung-il said that Bangladesh has made big strides in digital payment and security software in the past few years and the country still has enormous unexploited potential. Jung-il made the comments While visiting Bangladesh
‘We have a fantastic network but our competitive advantage is our corporate culture and the constant strategy over 22 years’
We will roll out across the whole of Bangladesh by this year and we will have 10 thousand service providers in our platform by then
Service Providing Tech-Startups Hoping To Grow Into An Tk8 Thousand Crores Industry, As Promising And Innovative Companies Continue To Scale Up
We will be able to cover the whole of Dhaka city by December and hope to make maids smartphone-ready eventually
Started operating as a maid service business only seven months ago, Hellotask has been evolving and reshaping itself constantly. Within its short lifespan, the Dhaka based on-demand maid service has connected hundreds of verified maids with local customers through its mobile application. Fintech talked to the company’s co-founder and CEO
