Digital financial inclusion for the poor is now happening nowadays but still, the consumer is facing problem on payment. While traditional microfinance and banks remain important, the potential of using new technology-based platforms to serve the poor is huge. In particular, mobile network coverage and the use of a variety
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‘ACQUIRING FUNDS STILL REMAIN A BIG STRUGGLE FOR BANGLADESHI COMPANIES’
Maliha Quadir, a Bangladeshi -American, is a technology entrepreneur. Her start up Shohoz.com has done breakthrough work in digitizing the disorganized and male-dominated transportation industry in Bangladesh. Before Shohoz.com, she was based in Singapore as Director of Vistaprint’s digital business in global emerging markets. Prior to this, she worked for
DIGITAL ECONOMY FOR A DIGITAL BANGLADESH
‘Digital Economy’ is the worldwide network of economic activities, commercial transactions and professional interactions that are enabled by Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), which was first coined by Don Tapscott in his 1995 best-selling book “The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence”.It can be concisely
From The Editor January 2019
Dear readers, The beginning of a year always inspires hope; hope of starting afresh and shaking off the old burdens. 2019 promises to open new, even unfathomable opportunities for the fintech sector at home and abroad, because it is a field driven by innovation. We feature a plethora of topics spanning from
Read MoreWorkshop on Digital Bangladesh for all Divisional and Deputy Commissioners held
On Friday July 27, 2018, a workshop on 'Digital Bangladesh' was organized for all the Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center, Dhaka. The workshop was jointly hosted by the Cabinet Division, the Ministry of Public Administration, Information and Communication Technology Division and the Access to Information
What budgetary measures we have for “Digital Bangladesh” this year?
National budget in each year opens the book for the aspiring IT entrepreneurs and make them to calculate what they are going to get and lose. While these calculations become tricky sometimes because of some budgetary measures which at best can be termed as ‘vague’ and ‘counter-intuitive,’ it forces the
MY ENDLESS SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF “DIGITAL BANGLADESH”
‘WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A VC ECOSYSTEM WHERE INVESTORS WILL EAGERLY FUND STARTUPS’
Anyone attending tech startup related events for the past couple of years would instantly recognise Tina Jabeen. She has been ubiquitous in such programs, often seen animatedly talking to her audience on stage, or responding to queries by people after she gets off the stage. Approachable and friendly, the atypical
DIGITAL WORLD 2017: SHOWCASING THE FUTURE BANGLADESH
From The Editor December 2017
Dear readers, Winter is coming, and so is 4G. People yearning for a little bit more of the soothing weather will watch out how high the temperature rises, and people keeping up with the news of 4G will be watching how high the bids rise. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is expected
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