Can AI Be Asia’s Next Growth Engine?
The Asia-Pacific artificial intelligence market is projected to surge from $102.59 billion in 2025 to $815.98 billion by 2032, representing a compound annual growth rate of 34.5% that dwarfs virtually…
PalmPay Secures Landmark Regulatory Approval in Bangladesh to Pilot Inclusive Smartphone Financing
PalmPay, one of the fastest-growing fintech platforms across emerging markets, has received official approval from Bangladesh Bank to run a one-year pilot program to finance the purchase of 10,000 smartphones.…
The Quiet Crisis of Too Many Tools, Not Enough Direction
The marketing environment has shifted into a state where new AI platforms appear so frequently that it has become difficult to treat any single launch as notable. Every promise to…
More Than Exercise: Relational Meanings of Mobile Fitness App Use Among Married Men in Ghana and Its Implications for Digital Lifestyle Innovations
Abstract This study investigates how married men in Ghana engage with mobile fitness applications and the relational meanings that emerge from their use. Drawing on qualitative data from focus group…
Strategic Alignment of Marketing Technology: A Conceptual Framework for Capability Building in Malaysian Firms
Abstract The rise of marketing technologies (MarTech) has significantly altered how organisations approach customer engagement, decision-making, and capability development. However, the effectiveness of MarTech adoption often hinges not on the…
Can AI Fix the World’s Growing Waste Crisis?
The global waste problem is no longer a technical afterthought. Across cities and industries, the traditional approach of collecting everything, dumping or burning most of it, and recycling what remains…
Youth Power and the AI Gap: Can Bangladesh Turn Enthusiasm Into Economic Power?
Bangladesh is at a pivotal point in its economic trajectory. Bangladesh’s demographic dividend is its booming and tech-savvy youth population. And their attention is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence. Over…
THE GREAT GREEN WALL OF CHINA: CAN THE WORLD’S TOP EMITTER BECOME ITS CLEANEST POWER?
Speaking via video at the UN Climate Summit in New York, China's president Xi Jinping outlined his country's climate ambitions. Although the stated goals may not have been as ambitious…
Why Attention, Not AI, Is the New Marketing Edge
The internet has entered a new phase where content creation is effortless, instant, and limitless. AI tools can generate polished images and videos in seconds, turning every brand, creator, and…
The Tiny Team Revolution Changing the Face of Startups
What if the next billion-dollar startup didn’t come from a Silicon Valley skyscraper, but from a small apartment? Traditionally, scaling up a business required hundreds of people to manage operations,…
PulseTech Raises USD 3M to Combat Counterfeit Medicines Across Bangladesh
PulseTech, one of Bangladesh’s fastest-growing B2B health-tech companies, has raised USD 3 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by Vietnam’s early-stage venture capital firm- Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV) and…
Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation: 2026 or Delay to 2032?
Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from the UN's Least Developed Country (LDC) category on November 24, 2026. Having met the UN's three graduation criteria—GNI per capita, Human Assets Index (HAI),…
Beyond the Screen: What It Means to Live, Work, and Trade in the Metaverse
Introduction The concept of the metaverse, a seamlessly blended digital and physical reality, didn't start in a lab or a business meeting; it began in the imagination. It was first…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules of Luxury and Personalisation
Luxury has always been about being conspicuous. However, today, that has less to do with finding some rare fabrics or something that is difficult to find. It is all about…
The Trillion-Dollar Sky: How Drones Will Power the Next Industrial Revolution
Look toward the sky in 2025, and the picture has already changed. Birds and passenger aircraft share airspace with buzzing quadcopters over farmland, logistics tests in suburban neighborhoods, and military…