Southeast Asia’s digital economy is approaching US$200 billion in gross merchandise value in 2022, three years earlier than initially forecast in 2016, say Google, Temasek and Bain & Company at the release of their annual e-Conomy Southeast Asia report on Oct 27.

Fueling this surge are some 100 million additional internet users that have come online in the past three years, with the digital population reaching 460 million this year. 

On Tech Talk, Prime Time’s Bharati Jagdish speaks and Fock Wai Hoong, Deputy Head, Technology & Consumer and Southeast Asia, Temasek discuss the findings from the report.