Building ecosystems: identifying tech start-up enablers in ASEAN 🚩Average GDP growth in 2021 across ASEAN LMICs was 8 per cent, demonstrating the strength of the region’s COVID-19 economic recovery. 🚩 Malaysia has implemented a number of regulatory reforms in the past decade to make it easier for tech start-ups to do business, while Indonesia and Vietnam have also made progress in terms of enabling regulation in areas such as foreign investment and taxation. 🚩By the end of 2021, 380 million people in ASEAN LMICs subscribed to mobile internet services, equivalent to 56 per cent of the region’s population, up from 40 per cent in 2017. 🚩Venture capital deal size volume for the first three quarters of 2021 surpassed the full-year figure for previous years. 🚩There are almost 350 tech hubs across ASEAN LMICs, with the number of hubs in several countries in the region doubling between 2018 and 2021. (https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/resources/building-ecosystems-identifying-tech-start-up-enablers-in-asean/). #aseantechstartup #ecosystem #community #growth #rpodyssey #rpodcoworkingspace #pattayastartups #pattayastartupsmeetup #codeacademypattaya #innovator #creator #entrepreneur #founder #cofounder #investor #betterworld (at rPod Coworking Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chd0inTvFZr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=