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An admittedly-brief overview of start-up news from the Philippines in Southeast Asia, as covered in the English-language press online. The Philippines is another emerging start-ups market that is deceptive

A quick look at some of the tech and startup-related headlines specific to New Zealand, as reported in March 2017. New Zealand is a bit of a quiet achiever in the startup stakes, often overshadowed by

A very quick overview of the tech startup scene in Cambodia in March 2017. Cambodia: BarCamp Ratanakiri 2017 user-generated tech conference set for April Cambodia: Morakot Tech's browser-based fintech

A broad look at fintech - financial technology - news from March 2017. Admittedly, this isn't every single item reported, in part because there's simply too much to cover; however, it does provide a solid

A quick overview of developments in Thailand's start-up scene in March 2017 (a country with a population approaching 70 million). A brief look at 5 Asian travel startups Thailand Startup Summit (TSS) 2017

A look at Myanmar's startup scene in March 2017, based on English-language news coverage. It's worth noting that there's not so much English-language coverage of what's happening inside Myanmar's borders;

An overview of start-up news in or connected to Malaysia, from March 2017. With a population of around 30 million, Malaysia has recently been making real moves in terms of the tech and startup scene in

A look at Indonesia's startup scene in March this year, collecting most of the English-language press coverage of Indonesia's tech, web, mobile and fintech activity. A couple of things to keep in mind:

A look at Vietnam's startup scene in March 2017, as covered in the English-language press. Vietnam's really been coming into its own over the last 12-18 months, with a lot of overseas interest to accompany

A fairly chunky collection of startup news focusing on Singapore in March 2017. As a very quick comment, Sinagpore punches way above its own weight pretty much across the board with a population of only

Just a quick look at news around Japan's start-ups, as reported in the English-language press in March 2017. As a casual observer, the interesting thing with Japan's tech startup scene is that it seems

Here's a fairly lengthy collection of start-up news relating to developments in India in March 2017. With over 1.3 billion people, the simple volume of activity in India - particularly when you project

A quick look at news around Hong Kong startups, as reported in the English-language press in March 2017. My aim with these, and other country-specific news listings, is to provide readers with a few things:

An at-a-glance look back at last month's developments in China's tech startup scene (as reported in the English-language press, at least). Why cover China, or countries other than our own? 1.37 billion

An outline of startup news for Australia, as reported in March 2017 - useful for reference, and as a quick-glance overview of what's happening in Australia's tech scene. Australia: Telstra, Ericsson testing

Here's an outline of blockchain and bitcoin news from across Asia and Australia, reported in March 2017. Report: Opportunities and implications of blockchain in Australia Australia: The challenges and

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A quick round-up of happenings in Indonesia's tech startup space, mainly November 2016. Indonesia to set up e-commerce startup crowdfunding platform Ideabox accelerator takes next step, becomes venture

A look back at the web, tech and mobile startup news that came out of India in November this year. A quick look at Startup India Rocks Finale 2016 winners Bosch launches 18-week accelerator program Bengaluru