Southeast Asia’s superapp battle, explained
Two of Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing apps -- Grab and GoJek -- are making plays to take on Sea Limited, the region’s consumer internet giant.
By:
Trung T. Phan
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@TrungTPhan
January 7, 2021
Eleven nations make up Southeast Asia (SEA): Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and (this writer’s country of heritage) Vietnam!
While this market is not nearly as big as China or India, its relatively young combined population of 650m+ people is nothing to sneeze at.
And this week, 2 of SEA’s biggest ride hailing and delivery apps — Grab and Gojek — made big plays to win the prize.