TECH & INNOVATION

Driving digital revolution

As businesses transform following the pandemic, the HKTDC’s T-box programme has helped one IT consultancy expand across the region.

20 May 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated digital transformation for many enterprises, bringing opportunities to consultancies that help companies make the transition.More

Topics: Business Management & Consultancy, Hong Kong, ASEAN, Success Stories, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Fintech firms gain traction

As the financial sector ‘resets’ following the pandemic, fintech is already moving into the mainstream.

12 May 2022

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, commentaries on finance have been peppered with the word “reset”, followed by an incredibly wide range of proposals as to what this “reset” may entail.More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Mainland China, FEATURECHINA, entrepreneurship

Big data brings machine earning

A data-focused expo in London revealed the next leap forward will be delivered by machine learning, tapping into the fast-growing big data store.

06 May 2022

Two years ago, Big Data & AI World was the last trade show welcoming visitors to the ExCel exhibition and convention centre prior to the United Kingdom succumbing to its first COVID-19 lockdown. The ensuing period proved to be an exciting one in terms of digital transformation, with more and more businesses going online throughout the course of the outbreak.More

Topics: Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Western Europe, United Kingdom, FEATUREDT, Tech & Innovation

In-body robots bring benefits

A Hong Kong research team drew inspiration from Hollywood to develop “slime robots” that could offer multiple medical applications.

05 May 2022

The parasitic alien life form is a favourite theme for sci-fi film producers – the Venom and Alien series are two examples that come to mind. In a case of science imitating art, a team of Hong Kong-based researchers have drawn inspiration from Venom to develop a therapeutic invasive slime.More

Topics: Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, Success Stories, GBA

SMEs target passage to India

A recent HKTDC T-box workshop showed exporters how they can move in as this rapidly growing market opens up.

29 April 2022

The vast and rapidly growing market of India is opening up for electronic commerce and presents ample opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong.More

Topics: Business Management & Consultancy, Other Asian Countries, Hong Kong, Tech & Innovation, e-business

Healthtech fund focuses on GBA

An entrepreneur views the Greater Bay Area as an ideal medical technology innovation hub.

27 April 2022

As populations age and grow wealthier, and with birth rates in decline, the world has seen a strong growth in demand for healthcare in recent years. The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 gave a new urgency to the need to improve accessibility to healthcare and advance treatment outcomes.More

Topics: Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, Mainland China, FeatureGBA, Tech & Innovation

Sourcing surges online

An HKTDC survey shows 93% of international buyers used online sourcing platforms during the pandemic, but the future belongs to hybrid fairs.

26 April 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted every area of economic activity across the world, from agriculture to utilities, and sourcing by importers and exporters was no exception.More

Topics: Event Organisation, Business Management & Consultancy, Hong Kong, market opportunities, Tech & Innovation

Health data in an instant

A Start-up Express winner has found a ready market for its technology which monitors body metrics such as pulse and blood pressure.

21 April 2022

Restrictions on movement and face-to-face interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic have created demand for remote health monitoring, particularly for vulnerable people such as those living in residential care homes. Hong Kong start-up PanopticAI is stepping into this breach, and the enterprise’s efforts made it a 2021 winner of Start-up Express, an entrepreneurship development programme run by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).More

Topics: Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, Tech & Innovation, medical devices

NFT memories are for keeps

A Hong Kong start-up is helping users turn memories and special occasions into permanent digital gifts.

19 April 2022

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have a wide and rapidly growing range of applications and have received extensive coverage recently.More

Topics: Computer & Peripherals, Hong Kong, Tech & Innovation, e-business

Lazy eye comes into focus

An Israeli start-up is trialling its digital amblyopia cure in Shanghai.

13 April 2022

Good vision is critical for children’s development, which makes early diagnosis and treatment of eye-related problems important. But eye specialists are familiar with issues associated with testing young children’s vision as the charts can be hard to understand, especially for toddlers.More

Topics: Medical Supplies & Medicine, Middle East, Mainland China, Tech & Innovation, Inside China

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