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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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 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),…
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…
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…
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…
On a weekday morning in Dhaka, a university student opens her laptop and types an essay prompt into ChatGPT before heading to class. At the same time, in Chicago, a…