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This has stretched -- but also stimulated -- the emerging edtech sector in the region, and uncovered the many challenges the sector faces in the long term.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267281
ISSN: 2633-304X
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While access to schools has expanded in low- and middle-income countries in recent decades, learning outcomes have not seen a corresponding improvement. The onset of school…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258402
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While the shift to online education has worsened the problems of unequal access and uneven quality, the pandemic has forced schools to adjust and students to accept long periods…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266710
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Flagging that uncertainty is the difficulty facing market leader Byju’s. The firm’s problems seem endless: inability to meet debt service commitments, legal battles over…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280989
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The value is expected to increase to USD146bn by 2025, growing at an average of 20% per year. Such projections cast a sharp spotlight on Indonesia’s regulatory framework for the…
Employment in the IT and business process management industry rose from 1.96 million in 2008-09 to 4.85 million in 2021-22, according to official data. Rising valuations in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275311
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The growth of healthtech is led by the private sector and facilitated by the government, which sees the technology as a means to expand health access to all.
However, early hopes that digital technology would rapidly overcome the continent’s infrastructural weaknesses and enable governments to achieve 2030 UN Sustainable Development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257831
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Some of those deal with content production and dissemination online, and others with monopolistic and anti-competitive conduct by domestic ‘big tech’. A new paradigm of strict…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275939
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This is attributable to relatively low internet penetration, the limited number of digital platforms and e-commerce businesses, and low investment and digital skills levels. These…