Parami Road

15/07/2014

Parami Road Co-Founder David Madden & Code for Change Myanmar featured in The New York Times article on the nascent scene in .

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/business/international/tech-scene-in-myanmar-hinges-on-cellphone-grid.html

Limited telephone and Internet infrastructure, and decreasing smartphone costs, mean most of Myanmar’s 60 million people will experience the Internet first through cellphones.

30/06/2014

Was cool to see Frontier Technology Partners presenting at last month's Mobile Monday Yangon event. We did the branding for FTP more than a year ago - great to see them finally out of stealth mode! Learn more about their mobile banking solution here http://mobilemondaymm.com/2014/05/29/mobile-monday-2-recap/

10/04/2014

Parami Road Co-Founder David Madden talking about the Code for Change Myanmar and the potential to use to improve people's lives in .

Low phone pe*******on and spotty Internet access have held back Myanmar, previously called Burma, but foreign investment and aid could unlock its fledgling tech sector.

01/02/2014

We're really excited to be working on Code for Change Myanmar. With two new telcos launching this year, it's a great time to be doing cool things with technology in Myanmar. Please like this page to hear more about this.

15/07/2013

We're beta testing စားပွဲဝိုင်း (Sabwewine) a new site to share important information & discuss the big issues in Myanmar. Check it out & tell us what you think

10/06/2013

Posing for Mizzima

06/06/2013

Good picture of our library in this week's Mizzima

http://mizzima.com/business/economy/9484-myanmar-s-mad-men

Myanmar's advertising industry is running to catch up with new brands unleashing themselves on the burgeoning consumer market.

30/05/2013

Want to know what's big in tech 2013? Mary Meeker just unveiled her famous Internet Trends report. Check it out here

http://allthingsd.com/20130529/mary-meekers-internet-trends-report-is-back-at-d11-slides/

27/05/2013

Not clear exactly what the details of this deal are, but one thing is for sure: the internet is going to get better here soon

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/351730/true-corporation-chosen-to-build-myanmar-internet-gateway

True Corporation is expanding its international internet footprint to Myanmar to serve rising online data use and the influx of foreign investors there.

25/05/2013

Great story on Oway and Ko Nay Aung who is one of the entrepreneurs leading the charge to develop e-commerce in Myanmar

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/05/24/186275257/can-this-man-bring-silicon-valley-to-yangon?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20130524

A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day.

23/05/2013

How long before internet memes take off in Myanmar? Not long we predict. Just a few months after it went viral, the Harlem Shake comes to Yangon. Enjoy!

Filmed in Yangon, Myanmar, April 2013.

22/05/2013

As Myanmar comes online it will be critical to ensure internet freedom. It's great to see MIDO organizing the first ever "Myanmar Internet Freedom Forum" in Yangon in June. Please support them.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/107935/burma-to-host-first-internet-freedom-forum/

Myanmar ICT Development Organisation (MIDO) will host “Myanmar Internet Freedom Forum” in Yangon from June 1-2. In the first forum of its kind in Burma, MIDO aims to raise awareness of Internet freedom in a country that has endured decades of media censorship Last Au...