People and ideas that spark a light for a better future
With technology as a backdrop, Wapatoa provides digital content that ignites the interest of young Cambodians to explore and rediscover Cambodian heritage. Seang Sokcheng, Wapatoa co-founder, is the face of this new generation of culture creators in Cambodia.
As everyone was struggling, and the pandemic caused Phnom Penh to lock down in April 2021, an older group grabbed Taing Huang Hao’s attention. The cyclo drivers, most of whom are old age and often found as living-in-cyclo on the street, had almost no income and got little support. Hao founded Local4Local as a means to help out these elders in need.
Now we see a lot of contemporary artists who are the leaders of the current Khmer cultural renaissance movement reviving the once groundbreaking art scene we had in the 1960s by revitalizing and recovering our rich and ancient culture and ushering Cambodia into a new, exciting era.
TEDxRUPP event will be held for the second year running on Sunday, 29th of November, 2020 from 1 pm to 5 pm in Phnom Penh around the theme “Significance of the Insignificance.”
Some people were forced to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, others sadly lost their jobs – but sometimes from a crisis, new opportunities can spring.
With a growing economy, new businesses on the rise and an eye on digitisation, Cambodia’s innovators now have more opportunities to shine than ever before.
BY ROBIN SPIESS
“My studies have been suspended for months, and I remain unemployed.”
“If you are passionate about something, you must not let other people’s opinions affect your dream.”
Seven tips from Lida Loem, co-founder and project manager of SHE Investments, to female entrepreneurs who want to grow their business.
Lida Loem, Celia Boyd, and James Wilson founded SHE Investments in 2015, aiming to help women in entrepreneurship through accelerator and incubator training programs to expand their businesses from micro-enterprises or small family businesses to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The programs focus on understanding the challenges women entrepreneurs encounter and how to respond to them.
Keo Kounila: “It is easy to spot the success of someone, but people don’t know the failure behind the success.”
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