Philippines startup scene poised to take off: John Orrock

For the past several years, the tech industry in the Philippines has been considered a lucrative investment opportunity by the global investors. In fact, the local entrepreneurs are described to be “techie” in nature. The strange irony here is that, on the ground level, the country has very low levels of tech adoption. Apart from the regulatory problems, it’s the bandwidth connection issues  and the lack of private enterprise support, which is keeping the country’s tech startup ecosystem from reaching its potential.