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Southeast Asia’s internet economy to cross $130b this year: Industry report

November 11, 2020
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SINGAPORE – Southeast Asia’s internet economy will hit US$105 billion (S$141 billion) this year, as the coronavirus crisis prompted stuck-at-home consumers to go online to shop, get food delivered at home and for entertainment purposes, an industry report said on Tuesday.

The report, which covers Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines, said the region added 40 million new internet users this year, taking the total to 400 million. That implies 70 per cent of the region’s population is now online, the report added.

“The coronavirus has brought about a permanent and massive digital adoption spurt,” stated the report by Google, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and business consultants Bain & Co.

Southeast Asia’s internet economy expanded 5 per cent from 2019.

Online retailers have emerged as winners from coronavirus lockdowns as people prefer to shop from their homes instead of making a trip to stores amid worries over a resurgence in infections. E-commerce grew 63 per cent to reach US$62 billion in 2020, to become the largest vertical this year, while the travel sector contracted 58 per cent to US$14 billion.

Singapore’s internet economy contracted 24 per cent to US$9 billion as the pandemic choked the travel sector, while Vietnam and Indonesia continued to grow at double-digit rates.

The region’s online industry is poised to triple to US$309 billion in gross merchandise value by 2025, nearly in line with the US$300 billion forecast made last year.

With an 11 per cent increase in online users, Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest growing internet markets. That compares with around 4.7 billion internet users worldwide, up 7.4 per cent from a year ago, according to wearesocial.com, a digital monitoring service.

Continued growth in internet usage has helped create unicorns such as Grab and Go-Jek, with the region’s startups attracting billions in capital from global technology companies and investment firms.

Deal value has declined since 2018, primarily driven by a slowdown in big-ticket unicorn investments, the Google-Temasek-Bain report said. Still, US$6.3 billion worth of deals were struck in the first half of 2020 versus US$7.7 billion a year ago.

Investors still have sufficient capital to deploy but are focusing more on companies’ path to profitability.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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