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South Asian Economy

The FNF Webinar sheds
lights on how to restart

The Asian Economies
e-Commerce

Industry

Despite a slow start, the success of the
e-commerce industry in South Asia is
inevitable. Has the ongoing pandemic
given the final push this sector
required to flourish in the
region?

By Asif Tarafdar

In a discussion titled “RESTART
ASIAN ECONOMIES: Ideas and
Actions for The e-Commerce
Industry,” hosted by the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation for Freedom
(FNF South Asia), the panellists
discussed the impacts the
pandemic has had on the regional
e-commerce industry. Despite the
increase in popularity, the sector
faced a lot of challenges at the
height of the crisis. It also
facilitated new avenues for ideas,
innovations and integration of
traditional models of business
with the available and latest
technology within the “New
Normal”. The programme also
discussed how the e-Commerce
Industry overcame challenges,
and how it is gearing up for a
larger role in the future growth of
economies around the world.
Moderated by Dr Najmul Hossain,
Country Representative of FNF
Bangladesh, the panellists were
Dulith Herath, Founder and
Chairman of Kapruka and Sonam
Chophel, Founder of Druksell.

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