Bernadette Toh

Bernadette Toh is an intern with . She is an undergraduate at the Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. The Business Times

Customers stand in line to top up a mobile money account at designated yellow booths in Kigali, Rwanda. For those without a bank account, this is the only way to use a mobile money account.

No smartphone? A mobile money agent can assist you in Kigali, Rwanda

BRIGHT yellow booths line the streets of Kigali, manned by people sporting vests of the same colour. Instead of peddling products, their job is to assist with money.

Taylor Swift is making only one stop in South-east Asia. Her choice of Singapore speaks of the city-state's  ability to draw big acts.

Singapore’s a magnet for mega stars like Taylor Swift, Jacky Cheung: Here’s why

EVENT organisers seeking to bring class acts to Singapore can tap a government kitty – but the recipe for the Republic’s success as a top tour stop goes beyond that.

Baskit's rapid growth shows an increasing need for tech solutions within Indonesia’s supply-chain sector, says chief executive Yann Schuermans (seated, at left).

Supply-chain startup Baskit raises US$3.3 million seed round

SUPPLY chain startup Baskit raised US$3.3 million (S$4.5 million) in a seed round on Tuesday (Jun 27). 

Grab's latest round of retrenchment has cast a pall over those left behind, while those who lost their jobs have seen the community rally around them, some with job offers.

Grab’s mega layoffs send chill over company, but analysts upbeat on direction

THE mood was sombre on Wednesday morning (Jun 21) as Grab employees – survivors of its mass layoffs – logged into a virtual company-wide town hall.

Bandwagon's first free metaverse event, Bandwagon Pixel Party, featured Singaporean DJ MYRNE and attracted over 250 attendees.

Taking music concerts into the metaverse

CONCERTS are no longer just offline affairs, with local music media company Bandwagon bringing them to the metaverse too.

Golden Moments founder Josiah Seow (right) launched the Mao Shan Wang durian snowskin mooncakes in China last August, at an event attended by Guangzhou-based Singapore consulate-general Loh Tuck Keat (left).

Bringing durian snowskin mooncakes to China

EVEN as Covid-19 prevented Golden Moments’ management from visiting China, the company was preparing for its mooncakes to reach consumers there.

Siemens is ramping up investment internationally in new high-tech factories, innovation labs and education centres to expand its leadership in the areas of digitalisation, automation and sustainability.

Siemens to invest 200 million euros in new Singapore plant, create over 400 jobs

SIEMENS has announced plans to invest 200 million euros (S$290.6 million) to build a new high-tech factory in Singapore, which will create over 400 jobs. These include positions in advanced manufactur...

Singapore takes the lead in omni-channel spending, with omni-channel accounting for about 57 per cent of retail spend in 2022.

Singapore shoppers blur lines between online and offline retail: report

OMNICHANNEL retail is the way forward, as Singapore consumers increasingly combine online and offline shopping, according to a study by GlobalData.

Across their portfolios, limited partners are posting record levels of returns, with two in five LPs reporting net annual returns of over 16 per cent across the lifetime of their private-equity portfolios.

Apac limited partners expect more down rounds in venture capital portfolios: report

LIMITED partners (LPs) are cautious about venture capital portfolios, with some 75 per cent expecting more down rounds in their portfolios in the next 12 months, Coller Capital Global Private Equity B...