HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – A new survey examining the awareness and usage of nutritional supplements in the Asia Pacific region revealed that four out of five consumers in believe their health is a “work in progress,” and 86% have been taking steps to improve their health in the past year.
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Big Bang Academy, a Hong Kong-based STEAM education technology start-up announced the completion of HKD 7 figures seed funding investment led by Gobi Partners, including participation from family offices and experienced angel investors from a technology and private equity background.
Big Bang Academy is an edtech media start up revolutionizing online STEAM education for children of 3-12 years old by making STEAM self-learning accessible, engaging and effective.
Big Bang Academy’s program has received accreditation from STEM.ORG, the longest standing STEM education research organization in the US. Inspired by international curricula such as the Next Generation Science Standard (US), Cambridge Assessment Science (UK) and the IB, Big Bang Academy’s curriculum covers a wide range of science topics from the galaxy to viruses, the gravitational force to chemical reactions.
Since inception in 2020, Big Bang Academy’s classes and content have reached over 4,000 students in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
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Big Bang Lab is an award-winning STEAM e-learning platform empowering every child to be self-directed learners through hands-on experiments anytime, anywhere.
Crafted by educators and scientists from University of Cambridge, Big Bang Lab promotes effective learning with movie production interactive content and curriculum-aligned quizzes. With a DIY STEAM kit delivered to your door, Big Bang Lab offers one of a kind online-to-offline blended learning for the next generation of scientists, engineers and innovators.
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Supporting the trend of financial digitization, JAGADIRI wants to answer customers’ needs by providing innovative and relevant insurance solutions by reaching them closer, faster and easier. JAGADIRI’s hassle-free insurance prioritizes customers’ convenience and protection needs, supported by digital technology. Customers can buy insurance products at affordable prices starting from Rp5,000.00 without having to meet an agent. The process only takes less than 5 minutes, and payments can be made directly online. Insurance claims can also be made easily online through JAGADIRI’s self-serve website, where payment status and customer claims can be viewed in real time.
PTI is one of the three largest non-life insurance companies in Vietnam. PTI is an enterprise that always maintains consistently high growth, affirming its place as the No.1 leading company in the market for motor vehicle insurance, and No. 2 for health, critical illness and personal accident insurance.
PTI has constantly been adopting technology to develop products and services that offer customers the best experience. PTI has received the Certificate of B ++ financial capacity rating from the world’s largest financial credit rating agency A.M.Best and is also an enterprise that Vietnam Report cooperates with other Professor Harvard University – US ranked as TOP 500 Vietnam’s largest enterprises (VNR500)
VSure is Malaysia’s first on-demand lifestyle digital insurer approved by the Central Bank of Malaysia under the Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Framework.
VSure is a full stack digital insurer with full suite of capabilities ranging from regulatory and licensing agility, product innovation, design and underwriting, go-to-market and end-to-end customer experience management.
VSure reimagines and transforms how insurance protection is done. Our mission is to provide everyone with access to affordable and transparent products, on-demand protection for modern lifestyles in a simple & innovative way and sharing our expertise with governments and regulators to drive socio economic empowerment, adequate protection, and better financial resilience for the masses.
VSure aims to be the leading digital insurer in Southeast Asia focusing on usage-based protection wrapped around modern lifestyles. VSure also provides value-add proposition for businesses via curation of bespoke products and services.
Founded in 2018, VSure takes pride in celebrating the evolving modern digital lifestyles of customers by continuously reimagining protection to be more accessible, envisioning a future where protection is inclusive and becomes second nature for everyone.
VSure is continuously pushing the needle to drive positive applications of its product and services, expanding the boundaries of tech for good through VSure’s own charity virtual event series in which proceeds goes to impactful social welfare organisations.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Wavemaker Partners has launched Wavemaker Impact, a first-of-its-kind climate tech venture builder in Southeast Asia, targeting to raise US$25 million for its first fund. Climate change is an existential threat for the region, with three of its largest cities facing the threat of being underwater by 2050. The founders of Wavemaker Impact believe that entrepreneurs will drive solutions to climate change and aim to launch companies that will reduce 10% of global emissions by 2035.
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Wavemaker Partners is Southeast Asia’s go-to VC firm investing in enterprise and deep tech startups. Since 2012, it has backed 140+ companies, of which 120+ (85%) are in enterprise and deep tech. The firm has US$180 million in AUM across three funds in the region and has seen 10 exits valued at close to US$700 million. Today, 70% of Wavemaker’s active portfolio startups in Southeast Asia are aligned with at least one UNDP Sustainable Development Goal.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Since the start of COVID-19, Abba has launched disinfection services in Singapore for both government agencies and private companies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The cleaning company was among the first to disinfect areas affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 – its cleaning and disinfection services provide deep cleaning for spaces such as offices to be safely used again.
Abba’s disinfection services include disinfection using the application of electrostatic ions and electrostatic wrapping to ensure protection and prevent cross-contamination. The process comprises wiping down of areas, disinfection using an electrostatic spray, ventilation of premise, and a service report. Similarly, Abba also utilises equipment to provide anti-microbial coating that continues to disinfect the surface for up to a year from treatment.
The cleaning company has carried out disinfection services in a wide range of areas, including medical facilities, hotels, factories, banks, dormitories, as well as government projects. Abba also holds a Biz Safe 3 license and NEA Clean Mark Silver accreditation on top of its extensive services – commercial cleaning, deep cleaning, pest control, carpet cleaning, aircon maintenance, and disinfection and sanitisation. This puts Abba in a position to fulfil clients’ cleaning needs through its comprehensive services and expertise.
Abba was founded in 2017, and it’s a home-grown cleaning company that is transparent and puts the clients’ needs first. This includes providing office cleaning services for many companies and government agencies, from SMEs to Fortune 500. In addition Abba also provides home cleaning services for more than 2000 households each month. Amid this COVID-19 period, Abba will continue to dedicate itself to making spaces safe and clean with thorough cleaning and disinfection.
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Since its humble beginnings in the wake of the economic reforms and opening up enacted by the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping more than three decades ago, family businesses have grown to become the back bone of China’s economic growth. In China, family firms contributed to about 60 percent of the country’s GDP and hiring 80 percent of the workforce, according to professional services firm EY. But what makes these family firms tick and under what conditions do they prosper? It is with these questions in mind that a recent research study in China examines the effect of culture on family firms and finds their formation (and subsequent prevalence) tend to be boosted by societies that are more collectivist in nature.
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Kenanga Investors Berhad (“Kenanga Investors”) has announced the launch of the Kenanga Sustainability Series: Frontier Fund (“the Fund”).
TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Lonely Planet, the world’s most popular travel guidebook, has ranked Japan’s Shikoku sixth in the regional category of its “Best in Travel 2022” list of recommended travel destinations for 2022. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CRpmtgpZc
eNaira disappears from Google Play Store barely 48 hours after it was launched by the Central Bank of Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari.
Brand Spur Nigeria reports that the eNaira app is currently available on the Apple app store with 2.6 over 5 ratings.
The eNaira was developed by the fintech company, Bitt, which was also responsible for the creation of CBDC in some East Caribbean countries.
At the launch on Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, boasted that 500 million eNaira ($1.21 million) has already been minted.
Meanwhile, a notice on the eNaira website explained how the currency and the wallet would work.
It read: “Get Ready With Your Accurate BVN Data For Your Hitch-Free Enrolment.
“To sign-up on the eNaira speed wallet, you would be required to input the following details exactly as captured during your BVN enrollment.
“First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, State of Origin, and Email.
“Your banks are waiting to assist you in validating and updating your BVN details to ensure seamless enrolment to the eNaira platform.”
However, following several complains negative reactions, complains ranging from the inability to link their Bank Verification number, to getting a verification email, the eNaira app has disappeared from Google Play Store
Brand Spur Nigeria observed that majority of the users gave the app one star. It is not clear whether the app was removed due to the poor rating it suffered or if the CBN had done that itself.
Meanwhile, CBN has warned Nigerian to be careful of fake e-Naira Twitter handle, attributing the emergence of the fake e-Naira handle to the activities of criminals.
It said fraudsters have been using the Twitter handle, (@e-Naira_cbdc), purported to belong to the apex bank, to send messages relating to the virtual currency in order to woo unsuspecting victims.
This was made known in a statement issued by the CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, who advised the Nigerian public to guard against falling prey to the antics of fraudsters.
Nwanisobi said that the said Twitter handle does not belong to the CBN and that the apex bank, as it had since suspended its presence on the social media site, following the federal government’s ban on Twitter.
The statement reads, “Following the formal launch of the eNaira on Monday, October 25, 2021, the attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to criminal and illegal activities of some individuals and a fraudulent twitter handle, @enaira_cbdc purported to belong to the Bank.
“The impostor handle and fraudulent persons have been posting messages related to the eNaira with the intent of wooing unsuspecting Nigerians with claims that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), among other falsities, is disbursing the sum of 50 Billion eNaira currency.
“These impostors are bent on defrauding innocent and unsuspecting members of the public through the links attached to their messages for application to obtain eNaira wallets and become beneficiaries of the said 50 billion eNaira currency.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Central of Nigeria (CBN) is not the owner of that twitter handle (@enaira_cbdc) and indeed suspended its presence on Twitter following the Federal Government’s Ban.
“In effect, the Bank is not disbursing eNaira currency to citizens. To this end, members of the public are hereby warned to be wary of fraudsters who have resolved to take advantage of unsuspecting Nigerians.
“Members of the public should always endeavor to seek clarifications on information about the eNaira either by visiting the eNaira website: www.enaira.gov.ng or calling the eNaira contact centre on 080069362472 or visiting any CBN Branch nearest to them.
“For clarity, the current official social media handles of the eNaira are: www.facebook.com/myenaira; www.instagram.com/myenaira and www.youtube.com/myenaira Any suspicious activity by members of the public should be reported to the CBN using helpdesk@enaira.gov.ng or to relevant law enforcement agencies. Please be guided accordingly.”
During the court proceedings, Rite Foods’ application through its legal counsel, Ogungbenro, seeks for committal of the alleged contemnor, Mathieu Seguin for disobeying the interim injunction to appear in court under Hon. Justice Aneke of the Federal High Court issued on February 9, 2021, which was later set aside after months of contempt.
He put forward that since the case has been transferred to Hon. Justice Allagoa’s court, there is a need for a hearing convicting the NBC’s MD on the premise that the alleged contemnor should have been punished before the contempt proceedings were set aside, taking into consideration the long period before the motion was discharged.
On his part, Oluseye Opasanya, NBC’s lawyer requested enough time to respond to the claim by Rite Foods that the motion for conviction of the contemnor should be continued under Hon. Justice Allagoa, as Hon. Justice Aneke cannot hear his own case which sets aside the interim injunction.
This is in accordance with the case of trademark infringement and passing-off of its Predator energy drink on the mark of Rite Foods’ Fearless Energy drinks, with the likely intent of confusing consumers to make the wrong choice.
In the application for committal, which was published in the ThisDay and Guardian Newspapers of April 6, 2021, the plaintiff, Rite Foods prayed the court to commit the contemnors to purge themselves of the contempt of court.
According to the application of committal in both national newspapers, the NBC and its MD are restrained from promoting or using any material for its Predator energy drink in a manner that infringes or passes off Rite Foods’ Fearless energy drinks.
The documents also state that NBC and its MD are in breach of the court order for failing to remove from the public domain, promotion materials already released including those released through Taaooma.
It further mentioned that NBC’s boss is responsible for the company’s breach of the court orders, as Rite Foods alleges that Seguin has the power to command its obedience.
On Form 48 of the Federal High Court, as published on Friday, March 19, 2021, in ThisDay and Guardian Newspapers, there was a notice of consequences of disobedience of the order of the court issued to the NBC’s MD and ex parte order restraining the company from promoting or using any sales promotion material for its Predator energy drink in a manner that infringes or passes off or that is capable of infringing or passing off the plaintiff’s Fearless energy drinks, until the interlocutory application for an injunction is determined.
In suit No: PHC/L/CS/92/2021, the plaintiff, Rite Foods Limited, alleged that NBC has infringed on its trademark over its Predator energy drink, with a lion insignia in resemblance to the mark on its Fearless energy drinks.
The alleged trademark infringement, according to Rite Foods, has damaged its goodwill and it is seeking relief which includes injunctions and damages for its loss.
And according to the provision of the Trade Marks Act, Cap T 13, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and the Trademark Regulations 1990, the alleged infringement is against the holder’s right of Rite Foods Limited, as the exclusive owner of the mark for identification of its products within the country.
However, investigation reveals that the Plaintiff, Rite Foods’ Fearless energy drinks, which consist of the Red Berry and Classic brands, were launched into the Nigerian market in June 2017 and has gained a wider market share before NBC’s Predator brand which made entrant in June 2020.
The case has been adjourned to November 15 for further hearing.
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