The number of incubation centres and co-working spaces in China has surged amid the society’s enthusiasm to embrace innovation to create impetus for growth. But there are also concerns about the long-term sustainability of their businesses. Hong Kong is in a position to assist mainland technopreneurships in opening up massive business opportunities with its excellence in areas such as application, marketing, finance and other professional services.
To push ahead the Belt and Road Initiative, China will leverage the advantages of its various regions. That includes making Xinjiang a core area on the Silk Road Economic Belt. Xinjiang has adopted a general strategy of developing five centres and three corridors and the international logistics potential under such strategy merits attention. Xinjiang also plans to develop processing industries to produce goods for markets in Central Asia.
Mobile financial services will take the lead as Africa's digital market is transformed over the next five years, according to many delegates and exhibitors attending, AfricaCom, the continent's largest digital technology conference and expo.