ASEAN Briefing
The pandemic has reshaped ASEAN’s digital landscape with many governments and businesses in the region being forced to accelerate the transition towards a digital economy.
With over 400 million internet users in the region, the region’s digital landscape presents a unique opportunity for investors.
Technology will play a leading role in ASEAN in not only improving resilience to disasters, such as COVID-19, but also to increase the uptake of digital services, tools, and solutions.
Online education and telemedicine are examples of new sectors that have proliferated during lockdowns, and there has been an amplification of demand for telecommuting/ remote working and online conferencing software platforms and services, such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Skype, among others.
- COVID-19 has reshaped ASEAN’s digital landscape with many governments and businesses being forced to accelerate towards a digital economy.
- The region has over 400 million internet users, and so its digital landscape presents a unique opportunity for investors.
- Sectors such as telemedicine, e-commerce, and telecommuting are examples of such scalable digital opportunities.
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