The footsteps of Portuguese culture in Southeast Asia are present since the 16th century. At the time, Portuguese trade and political occupation in the region started to shape what we have today, with strong marks in culinary and linguistic. Many are the examples of Portuguese food and words adopted and introduced in the Malay language, like almari (cupboard) from armário, baldi (bucket) from balde, bendera (flag) from bandeira, just to cite a few of them.
When on January 7th, 1981 Portugal and Singapore established diplomatic relations, a new chapter of this long history started to be written, connecting these two nations with both developed on a maritime and logistics tradition.
Brazilian startups in Asia: first step towards a potential partnership
Sapiens Global teams from Brazil and Japan are engaged in an action to bring Brazilian startups to Asia or, in the other way, helping investors from Japan and Southeast Asia to find projects to have a close look in Brazil.
This first step was taken in a conference call with Mr. Kival Weber, a well-known person in private and public sector as a visionary in software development and Software Quality Models. The virtual meeting was conducted at the end of September 2020, when the world is still living the COVID-19 Pandemia and experiencing uncertainties in various business sectors.
Nano-19: Fight Corona Virus!!
Nanotechnology applied to the most common and efficient sanitizer, the Benzalkonium Chloride, created an innovative product to fight the Corona Virus. Check the video and contact us at singapore@sapiensglobal.com to be one of our distributors.
The Nano-19 is ready to protect you against COVID-19
Sapiens Global joined a consortium to develop a new product to fight bacteria and viruses that are among us in the daily life. Imagine how many microscopic organisms you can find everywhere, mainly in our electronic devices, clothes, furniture and everything we can touch, like the public transportation bars and seats.
Doing Business under COVID19 in Emergent Markets
Recently, Sapiens Global’s CEO Helio Galvao Ciffoni was invited by INSEAD Singapore to explain how the company is facing the challenges and opportunities under Covid19, mainly the impact in the business in emerging markets.
As the initial talks about the Corona Virus coincided with a recent business trip to China, Helio Ciffoni positioned itself saying:
I was in China, working on a project to attract foreign suppliers when the Corona Virus showed up and our company engaged with governments and institutions in Asia, Europe and Americas to support a business matchmaking chain, applying tools for remote negotiation. I’m sure this experience will change the way for global business.