LOCA: Pioneering the Digital Landscape in Laos

LOCA, the leading ride-hailing app in Laos has overcome many obstacles and B2B Cambodia spoke with Mr. Souliyo Vongdala, the startups founder and CEO...

Digital Economy Forum II 2023 Day 2: Digital Transformation For MSMEs...

On the second day of the Digital Economy Forum II 2023, key presenters offered insights on MSMEs digital transformation, cybersecurity, social protection and digital...

WeBill 365 Launched In Cambodia

South Korean Webcash Global has launched its specialised e-billing solution called WeBill 365 in Cambodia and it is integrated with KHQR. CEO of Webcash Global...

Digital Economy Forum II 2023 Day 1: The Evolving Landscape Of...

The first day of the Digital Economy Forum II held in Siem Reap had core themes of ‘Advancing Asia’s Digital Economy: Digital Policy Support’...

Cambodian 2023 Digital Economy Forum Facilitates Discussion On Bolstering Support For...

The second Digital Economy Forum took place in Siem Reap, bringing together key stakeholders from the Asia Pacific in the private sector, chambers of...

US Ambassador Highlights Importance Of Digital Economy For Cambodia

United Stated of America Ambassador to Cambodia, Patrick Murphy, emphasised the critical role of the digital economy in Cambodia and reaffirmed US commitment to...

Cambodia Unveils EnergyTech Roadmap To Achieve Energy Security And Sustainable Development

The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MISTI) of Cambodia released its 2023 Energy Tech Roadmap. This policy document aims to navigate the...

Cellcard Rated As Fastest Cambodian Network By Ookla®

Royal Group’s Cellcard reclaimed the no.1 spot in the Ookla® Speedtest Awards™ and was recognised as Cambodia’s Fastest Mobile Network for 2022, and the...

Cellcard Secures Over $110 Million In Loans to Repay Bank of...

CAMGSM PLC, the parent company of Cellcard, has successfully obtained a new loan from at least three banks to fulfil its debt repayment obligations...

Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Explores E-Commerce and ICT Sectors in Cambodia

As part of their visit to Cambodia, the Singaporean delegates from the SBF had the opportunity to engage with leading and prominent technology companies....

The State Of AI In 2023 – How Can Cambodia Embrace...

The “arrival” of AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools and especially Generative AI (tools such as ChatGPT, Bard etc) firmly became a part of public discord...

Ookla Speedtest Global Index Ranks Cambodia’s Best Mobile Networks In 2023

The Ookla Speedtest Global Index for Q22023 has provided insights into the fastest and most reliable mobile networks in Cambodia. Ookla says it has identified...

Cambodian Government To Subsidise $150M For Stabilising Electricity Tariffs in 2023

The Cambodian government has continued to stabilise electricity tariffs by subsidising $150 million for the state-owned Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) in 2023, with the...

MPTC Hosts Seminar With Private Sector On Digital Development in Cambodia

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MPTC) recently held a seminar with private sector stakeholders, including telecommunications and ICT companies, to discuss the development...

Cambodia to Fully Expand FMIS System for Public Financial Management

The Cambodian government has announced plans to expand its Financial Management Information System (FMIS) to include additional government ministries and public administrative institutions at...

Hong Sok Hour – The Hopes for the Cambodia Securities Exchange...

At the recent Cellcard (CAMGSM Plc.) listing on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) in June 2023, B2B Cambodia caught up with H.E. Hong Sok...

Cambodian General Department of Digital Economy Established

The Cambodian General Department of Digital Economy will set out to work on developing the digital economy in Cambodia and operate under the Ministry...

Cambodian Fintech Well Represented At Inclusive Fintech Forum 2023

A delegation representing Cambodia's fintech sector, led by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), has returned from an impactful showing at the Inclusive Fintech...

Cambodia’s Pathway To A Digital Economy and Society by 2035

In June 2023, the Cambodian government expanded on its plans for how the Kingdom can achieve a Digital Economy and Society by 2035 following...

PROFITENCE – Key Takeaways From The Cambodia E-Commerce Report

We spoke with PROFITENCE founder Subhadeep Chowdhury and Policy and Research Analyst Shane Gladwin to learn more about the process and key findings from...

ICC Techfin Future Conference 2023 Highlights

The Indian Chamber of Commerce Cambodia organised the Techfin Future Conference 2023 in Phnom Penh with H.E Sok Puthyvuth (Secretary of State of the...

Cellcard’s IPO Listing – Everything You Need To Know

B2B Cambodia finds out more about Cellcard (CamGSM Plc) Initial Public Offering (IPO) and speaks with the company's CEO Simon Perkins as well as...

Phillip Bank & Mora BNPL Sign MoU To Promote “Buy Now,...

Phillip Bank and Mora BNPL have announced a strategic partnership agreement to launch financial products and services through the latter's digital platform called “Buy...

Visa Consumer Payments Attitude Study – Cash Preferences Return Post-COVID But...

Ivana Tranchini, Country Manager at Visa Cambodia presented the latest findings from the financial transaction company based on the latest Consumer Payments Attitude study. The...

Cambodia’s Digital/IT Workforce Of The Future

In March 2023, ESTIAM Cambodia and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CanCham) hosted an event in Phnom Penh to discuss the future of the...

Cambodian MSME Digitalisation and E-commerce Acceleration – Go4eCAM Project

In March 2023, the Go4eCAM project led by UNDP, which is working with the Ministry of Commerce to assess MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium...

WeWatch Signs MoU With CellCard – We Hear From WeWatch CEO...

In March 2022, WeWatch signed an MoU with Cellcard in a boost to improve the regional content available from the Cambodian telco - which...

Bakong Users Continue To Grow – Now More Than 8.5 Million

The NBC Bakong app has seen a meteoric rise in users, especially since the tail-end of 2021. More than 8.5 million users have now...

Growth of Cambodian E-commerce Driving Tax Collection

The Cambodian General Department of Taxation (GDT) claims to have collected 214.68 billion riel (USD $53.01 million) in taxes from E-commerce between May 2022...

First Dedicated Cambodian eSports Centre Announced

T.Y Media & Advertising has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Esport Federation Cambodia (EFC) to establish the first purpose-built eSports Centre...

Increasing Crypto Interest In Cambodia As BitKub looks To Enter the...

Bitkub, a Bangkok-based cryptocurrency platform, is looking to expand into Southeast Asia markets and Cambodia is on their radar. Bitkub backed by Capital Group Holdings...

Cambodian Banking Systems Continue Digitalisation and Push For Innovation

Hardly a week passes without one of the many many Cambodian banks announcing it's navigating the digital landscape, it's a key area every bank...

More BlockChain Developments in Cambodia – The Royal Group, Panda Commercial...

This past week, two more news pieces broke around the expanding blockchain development in Cambodia as The Royal Group and Binance signed a Joint...

Tribal Visual Lab – Cambodia’s first Extended Reality Virtual Production Studio

Tribal Visual Lab, which claims to be Cambodia’s first Extended Reality (XR) Virtual Production studio, showed off its services at the Cambodia Tech Expo...

“Go Digital Cambodia” Website Launched To Promote Digital Inclusivity

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications launched the “Go Digital Cambodia” website as part of Cambodia's future digital government policy and to promote digital...

STEM Robotic Competition 2022 Winners Announced

The winners of the STEM Robotics Competition held in partnership between The Asia Foundation (TAF) CADT (Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology), and Otis Worldwide...

Single Portal Passes 18,000 Total Registrations

Online business registrations on the Cambodian government's Single Portal have now surpassed 18,000 in total since it was implemented in mid-2020. In the four months...

Cambodian Robotics Companies on the Rise

As the Kingdom tries to catch and capitalise on the Industry 4.0 movement, we look at some of the local companies engaged in robotics...

Cambodia Tech Expo 2022 (CTX 2022)

The Cambodian Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation is hosting the Cambodia Tech Expo 2022 (CTX 2022) from 11-13 November 2022 at the...

CBC and VTrust Appraisal launch Digital Real Estate Appraisal Service

Credit Bureau (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. (CBC) and VTrust Appraisal Co. Ltd. (VTrust) have officially launched Digital Real Estate Appraisal (Indication Plus Platform). It's the first...

Pi Pay Partners With OxPay To Explore International Payments Alliance

Cambodian fintech company Pi Pay Plc. ("Pi Pay") and OxPay SG Pte. Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore an international payments...

Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) & Binance Complete First...

The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and the world's biggest cryptocurrency platform Binance have held their first workshop designed to improve the...

MDP Cambodia Offering Alibaba Cloud Services in Cambodia

Local enterprise MDP Cambodia Co., Let (MDP), in partnership with Singapore-based distributor SA Solutions for Asia (SA), offers Alibaba Cloud Services in the Kingdom,...

Cambodia Digital Awards 2022

The largest National Technology, Communication and Information Awards in the Kingdom  - the Cambodia Digital Awards (CDA) 2022  -is due to take place later...

eCloudvalley Digital Technology Partners with The Royal Group

eCloudvalley Digital Technology has announced the establishment of a joint venture with The Royal Group with a focus on digital transformation. Businesswire reports that the...

Nokia and SINET To Deploy High-speed Network for Enterprises

The shift to online working post-pandemic and the increasing reliance on digital tools for enterprise businesses means that high-quality and stable internet is a...

Where is Cambodia spending its money online?

Cambodia’s market value of e-commerce increased to $970 million in 2021 which was an increase of 19 per cent from $813 million dollars in...

Will Cambodia legalise and embrace Crypto after SERC & Binance MoU?

In a surprise move, the Securities and Regulator Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SREC) and Binance signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the end...

E-Payments on the rise in Cambodia – Bakong CDBC leading the...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Financial Stability Report 2021 has highlighted the growth of E-payment transactions in Cambodia, with cashless payment adoption spurred...

France Cambodia Business Forum 2022 Hailed a Success

CCI France Cambodge held its first France Cambodia Business Forum on June 9-10 2022 which also included a French Tech Cambodge programme. The Phnom Penh...

Local Companies Required to Use National .KH Domain Name

A notification issued by the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (#0837) has requested that all locally registered companies...

Clevereen and Belaws Partner to Offers Clients Gateway to Metaverse

Clevereen and Belaws have entered a partnership which will enable them to offer clients packages to enter the metaverse. Belaws has had a presence...

Digital Cambodia by 2025 – Event

The Digital Cambodia by 2025 event is being held in Phnom Penh on 24th May 2022 with industry professionals from fintech, telcos and the...

MoC Urges Business Registrations as Single Portal Numbers Approach 14K

The Ministry of Commerce has urged all businesses to register (including vendors and traders) so they can reap the benefits of being a legal...

Opening a Business Bank Account in Cambodia

There are many commercial banks in the Kingdom of Cambodia - at the end of 2021 there were 54 commercial banks listed by the...

Foodpanda releases its first Social Impact Report: pandapurpose

foodpanda released its first Social Impact Report, titled pandapurpose, which highlights initiatives the company has taken to contribute to socio-economic and environmental sustainability challenges...

Cambodia’s Mobile Payments On The Rise

Cambodia has seen a continued sharp growth in mobile payments, buoyed by the impacts of the pandemic and increased use and development of fintech...

Cambodia’s Digital Startup and Fintech Space Keeps Growing

With over 300 active technology startups, operating at various stages of maturity in the Kingdom of Cambodia, we take a look at the burgeoning...

Wing Bank Partners With Scienaptic in Cambodia

Wing Bank has deployed Scienaptic’s AI-powered credit platform to use cutting-edge digital credit decisioning process to improve financial access in Cambodia they have confirmed. Decisioning...

MekongNet & IPification Launch One-Click Mobile Authentication in Cambodia

MekongNet, a Cambodian Internet Service Provider (ISP) and A2P messaging aggregator, has joined teamed up with IPification, a one-click mobile identity solutions provider, to...

Cambodian NFTs Emerging in the Marketplace

We look at the potential of NFT projects in Cambodia as well as the sectors they are in. Can a potential wave of NFT...

More than 1,000 Media Outlets Operating in Cambodia

On the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, it was...

CamTech Festival 2021

The Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT) is hosting the CamTech Festival 2021 from November 8-12 and it will feature four key Cambodian...

The Grand Online Shopping Fest 2021 – Cambodia

The Cambodian Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is set to host “The Grand Online Shopping Fest” from September 17-19 2021. The festival, held in collaboration...

Is the CambodiaTrade Online Marketplace Right For Your SME?

The Cambodian Commerce Ministry’s new e-marketplace, CambodiaTrade, which was announced earlier in 2021 aims to assist SMEs and solve logistics issues. CambodiaTrade set to launch...

Disney and FOX Channels end in Cambodia as Disney+ Launch Imminent

Disney+ is due to launch in Cambodia by the end of 2021 if media reports earlier in the year are accurate. This has seen...

What is the National Digital Economic and Social Council?

In September 2021, the Cambodian government launched the National Digital Economic and Social Council. We review the Council's plans and members. What is the role...

New Cambodian Digital Ventures Announced

The first week of September 2021 saw another slew of Cambodian digital ventures and partnerships announced. It seems like a week doesn't go by...

Cambodian Telecoms at a Crossroads: 5G & Monitoring

The telecoms regulators in Cambodia are approaching two major changes in the operations and services. The delayed plans for a government-approved 5G policy and...

Four More Agencies Confirmed for the Cambodian Single Portal Phase Two

The Ministry of Economy and Finance Cambodian Single Portal second phase is due to be released on September 1 2021. This is set to...

MoU to Prepare Students For Fintech

The Cambodian Association of Finance & Technology (CAFT), The Institute of Banking & Finance Cambodia, and Kirirom Institute of Technology - KIT have signed...

Cambodia TV Alliance Launches

Royal Group, CBS, and Digital Sky have launched the Cambodia TV Alliance after agreeing to a new joint-venture with Bayon Media High System Group...

Smile Shop Forms Strategic Partnership With Jin Sha Group

Smile Shop Co Ltd has entered into a strategic partnership with venture capital firm Jin Sha Group it was announced in August 2021. Smile Shop...

Is There A Market For NFTs In Cambodia?

NFT (non-fungible tokens) have taken off in 2021 with record-breaking financial returns, and they have entered nearly every market from sports to fashion, art,...

Cambodia ICT Awards 2021

Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT) has announced Cambodia ICT Awards (CICTA) 2021 is open to applications, with the awards featuring six categories. CADT (formerly...

Cambodia e-Business Registration Exemptions

The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce confirmed in July 2021 that six types of e-commerce businesses are exempt from registration requirements. The Cambodian Government has launched...

Thunes and ABA Partner on Digital Cross Border Payments

Thunes, a network provider of global cross-border payments, and ABA have formed a partnership targeting overseas Cambodians to send money back home. The digital payments...

Cambodian Single Portal Phase Two

In June 2021, the Cambodian Single Portal online business registration platform celebrated its one year anniversary and now the second phase is being planned...

Cambodia’s Digital Economic Plans

Between 2020-2021, the Cambodian Government has launched a number of digital economic initiatives, online platforms and its official digital plan for the Kingdoms' economic...

Major Cineplex Group Aims for Cashless Payments by 2022

After a tough 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Major Cineplex Group is expecting a recovery from Q3 2021 and is also aiming...

ABA Partners with Forest Interactive Cambodia

ABA Bank has partnered with Forest Interactive to onboard the digital content partner for its mobile banking app, ABA Mobile. The press release said that...

ANGKOR 500 Globalisation Accelerator Programme

The ANGKOR 500 Globalization Accelerator Programme entry deadline is June 12 2021 and is aimed at new technology startups that are preparing to launch...

ARSAR Wins the Reverse Innovation 2021 Competition

Nine Cambodian startups and entrepreneurs competed in the finals of the Techo Startup Centre run Reverse Innovation competition, and ARSAR were announced as the...

Cambodia Ranked in Top Ten Countries for Remote Workers

Cambodia has been ranked among the top ten nations for remote workers (digital nomads) to work from according to Club Med. The French travel and...

YouTube Advertisements set to return to Cambodia

The Cambodian Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) has confirmed that YouTube advertisements produced in Cambodia will return to the Kingdom after they were...

How is Cambodia Embracing Technologies

The global pandemic has accelerated many digital and technology programs globally as nations compete to adapt and modernise by implementing more efficient and advanced...

Cambodia set to host ABU Robocon 2023

Cambodia will host the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) in 2023. The Asian-Oceanian college robot competition aims to help advance engineering and broadcasting...

Cambodia Has One of the Leading Global CBDCs

The launch of the Bakong project in Cambodia has seen the SEA nation considered as having one of the leading global CBDC (central bank...

Cambodia adds VAT to E-Commerce Transactions

The Cambodian government has announced that with the introduction of Sub-decree No. 65 S.E on the Implementation of Valued Added Tax on E-Commerce (“Sub-decree...

Draper Innovation Index ranks Cambodia low for tech startups

The 2021 Draper Innovation Index has ranked Cambodia 176th in the world for the best places to launch a technology startup. This is a new...

Telcos and Mobile Devices in Cambodia

Cambodia is seeing an increased surge in demand for the internet, while mobile phone usage and other forms of digital technologies continue to increase,...

Marketing in Cambodia During COVID-19

The marketing landscape in Cambodia is constantly shifting, and the global pandemic since early 2020 has accelerated changes too. We look at some of...

v-ETHOS Project Applications Open to Cambodia

v-ETHOS is a selective program aiming to promote technology-based entrepreneurship to advance social and economic development, and is open to applications from Cambodia until...

Meal Temple merges with Kiwi Pay Group

Cambodian Meal Temple Group have announced a strategic merger with Hong Kong-based fintech firm Kiwi Pay Group. The aim of the merger is to enter...

OOCTANE looking for “late-stage investment opportunities”

Cambodian venture capital firm, OOCTANE, is searching for "late-stage investment opportunities" in the Kingdom. OOCTANE is a Cambodian venture capital (VC) firm that is part...

Cambodia to see largest digital TV platform

Royal Group’s CBS Careers and Digital Sky Multimedia Co., Ltd signed an MoU with Bayon Media Hightech Group and Hang Meas Group that marks...

Sub-decree signed on establishing Cambodian National Internet Gateway

On Tuesday 16th February 2021, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen signed a sub-decree on establishing the National Internet Gateway (NIG). The sub-decree is...

The Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology confirms new Board

The Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT) has confirmed its new board and committee chairs on 9 February 2021. The association said, "The new...

Agribuddy Founder Wins Global Startup Award

Kengo Kitaura, the founder of Cambodian startup Agribuddy, has won the Founder of the Year Global Startup award selected from the ASEAN Startup category. The...

Socialyse Phnom Penh uncovers how global digital trends stack up in...

A the start of 2021, the first thing that digital agency Socialyse Phnom Penh did, was to look back – specifically at trends from...
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