Panellists say South-east Asia entrepreneurship poised to grow

Singapore

PANELLISTS at a conference celebrating Asia's innovations say South-east Asia remains an attractive region for building a entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Although existing problems have yet to be addressed in the region of about 600 million people, it is fertile ground for entrepreneurship - in fact, the panellists at the event, Innovfest Unbound 2019, discussed the region's prospects of becoming the next big world economy.

Fajrin Rasyid, co-founder of Indonesia's unicorn e-commerce technology company Bukalapak, said he has noticed the increasing traction of entrepreneurship in …