Access to affordable financial services is critical for poverty reduction and economic growth. The rapid advancement of technology to enable access to basic financial services, however, is changing the status quo.

Financial inclusion is just a click away

Major tech events of 2021

Children are the most important resources for future economic growth. Access to essential health, education and nutrition is a requirement for every child as it enables more equal access to better-paying jobs later in life, as well as improves productivity, which can ultimately bolster a country’s economic prospects.

Building the future

Guide to e-commerce automation

While 2020 was all about the spread of Covid-19, 2021 was about how the world rapidly got vaccinated to fight it. Bloomberg’s Covid-19 vaccination tracker, which tracks the number of doses administered worldwide, shows that as at Dec 19, more than 8.71 billion vaccine shots had been given, which works out to 113 shots for every 100 people across the globe.

The year the world got vaccinated

According to Deloitte’s Technology-empowered Digital Trade in Asia Pacific report, Malaysia leads the other Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member states in terms of the growth of their e-commerce markets, which have developed rapidly in recent years.