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 queue up 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...

US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs onstage on the first night of her "Eras Tour" at AT&T Stadium on March 31, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP)

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...

Startups face the challenge of achieving price parity, as the cost of producing alternative proteins exceeds that of traditional meat products.

Appeal of plant-based foods wanes, but Asian startups and investors still in for the long haul

ASIAN players are now pushing into plant-based food, but may be late to the alt-protein party, as investors are starting to back...

Today, From left to right: Adityo Wibisono Haryanto (Head of Product), Yann Schuermans (CEO), Sigfrid Erik (Head of Tech), Yoonjung Yi (Head of People), Surya Bhirawa (Head of Commercial), and Hamdhanny Suria Amijaya (Head of Ops)

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 impacted have seen the community rally around them.

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...

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.

In the lead-up to the Mid-Autumn Festival in September, Golden Moments founder Josiah Seow (right) officially launched the Mao Shan Wang durian snowskin mooncakes in China last August at an offline event. Guangzhou-based Singapore consulate-general Loh Tuck Keat (left) was among the attendees at the event, held in Shenzhen.

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.

Visitors walk under a Siemens sign at the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

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...

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 (LPs) are recording 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...