Axiata Digital, Building New Digital Businesses within a Telecommunications Group

AIBP ASEAN B2B Growth

Guest: Mohd Khairil Abdullah, CEO, Axiata Digital
Axiata Digital, the digital services arm of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), was founded in 2013 to support Axiata customers' increasingly digital lifestyles. Having evolved from a brand investor to a business operator, Axiata Digital's portfolios are focused on three strategic businesses to support global customers: digital financial services (Boost, Aspirasi), digital advertising (ADA), and digital platform (Apigate). Axiata Digital promotes the digital lifestyle by offering digital financial services such as e-wallets, micro-financing, and micro-insurance, as well as digital advertising that employs data-driven solutions to improve business success and platform services based on APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that redefine how businesses communicate with consumers.
Axiata Group Berhad is a leading telecommunications groups in Asia in pursuing a vision of being the Next Generation Digital Champion by 2024. Axiata has transformed itself from a holding entity with a portfolio of pure-play mobile assets into a Triple Core Strategy-driven business focusing on Digital Telco, Digital Businesses and Infrastructure. It is the 9th largest company in Malaysia and is listed on the Bursa Malaysia with a market capitalization of MYR 34 bln (~US$ 8 bln) as of 13 December 2021.

Chapters

1. Axiata Digital, Building New Digital Businesses within a Telecommunications Group (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to Axiata Group, Axiata Digital, Khairil's Career (00:00:23)

3. Axiata Digital vs traditional telco OpCo businesses (00:05:21)

4. New Digital Businesses Ideation (00:11:55)

5. Challenges + Opportunities when building businesses (00:17:06)

6. Growth in digital financial services in ASEAN and South Asia (00:21:56)

7. Companies within Axiata Digital's portfolio (00:24:55)

8. Growth Opportunities within ASEAN and South Asia (00:30:05)