The ASEAN's Next Great Idea contest looks for the Top 20 ideas in Southeast Asia. We're very thankful to have made it to the list!
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By Whom | MAGIC Malaysia
The ASEAN’s Next Great Idea contest is by the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre or MAGIC.
The winner was Healthblocks, a Filipino startup making a hospital platform that uses blockchain to store patient records.
MAGIC is the startup incubation and acceleration project of the Malaysian government headquartered in Cyberjaya, under the Minisitry of Science, Technology, and Innovation or MOSTI.
Compared to the incubation programs of other ASEAN countries like Vietnamm Silicon Valley, QBO, and Block 71, MAGIC seems very well funded and supported by its government.
Juan Dalisay Jr.
Reporter
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