How agritech solutions are shaping Myanmar’s digital economy Tech Wire Asia


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Agritech solutions are at the forefront of Myanmar’s emerging digital economy Apps such as Green Way & Htwet Toe are helping to solve productivity issues in the agriculture sector, where 65% of the Myanmar population works Just five years ago, owning a smartphone in Myanmar would have been an outrageous extravagance, and even then there wouldn’t be reliable cell reception. Only North Korea had fewer cell phones per capita than Myanmar, whose people had lived for years under a military dictatorship. But in 2016, with new cell towers and data-enabled SIM cards now available with a 3G connection for just...