KBZ and Microsoft sign tech deal

Microsoft has signed an agreement with Kanbawza (KBZ) Group of Companies, which the US company calls its largest IT tie-up in Myanmar to date.

The multi-year corporate agreement represents a significant commitment to the Myanmar market, even as some investors employ wait-and-see attitudes around the question of the election – now less than two months away.

The deal comes as part of a modernisation push at KBZ, which seeks to set itself apart in the country’s increasingly competitive, liberalising economy.

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