by Antti Rahikainen | Jan 16, 2026 | Editors Choice, AI, ASEAN, Asia, Economy, Innovation, Investment, Southeast Asia
The gavel has passed. As of late 2025, the Philippines has officially assumed the ASEAN Chairmanship from Malaysia, marking a distinct shift in the region’s focus for 2026. Nordic Business Perspective For Nordic businesses, this transition signals a move from...
by Jukka-Pekka Karppanen | Dec 22, 2025 | Editors Choice, AI, ASEAN, Business, Digitalization, Innovation, Technology
In Southeast Asia’s megacities, every new flyover, flood barrier, or railway line is a bet worth billions. Increasingly, those bets are not made on gut feel alone. Cities test these plans first in a digital twin, a virtual copy of the city that lets planners...
by Antti Rahikainen | Sep 17, 2025 | Education, AI, Editors Choice, Innovation, Visions
How leading education institutions are leveraging Finnish expertise and AI to transform learning outcomes In today’s competitive education landscape, student wellbeing isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a strategic imperative. Recent research confirms...
by Antti Rahikainen | May 21, 2025 | AI, Digitalization, Economy, Editors Choice, Technology
Digital connectivity and AI-powered tools offer unprecedented access—but also fuel a crisis of information overload. Information flows ceaselessly in today’s digital era, saturating our devices and minds with an unrelenting torrent of data, news, and opinions....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 10, 2025 | AI, China, Digitalization, Economy, News, Technology
Chinese megacity Shenzhen aims at becoming the forefront of the global artificial intelligence and robotics industries. The city has rolled out three major action plans, which outline measures to accelerate its adoption of AI, strengthen its smart computing capacity...
