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Asia's Tech Titans

Grab

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Southeast Asia's most valuable tech company, Grab, recently became the latest ride-hailing player to drive Uber out of its home markets. But Grab isn't planning on stopping there. Last valued at some $6 billion dollars, the company has pursued an aggressive strategy to expand into the payments business, with plans to become much, much more. They want to become Southeast Asia's biggest consumer app - and that means Grab has now put itself in the same arena as the likes of global giants like Amazon, Apple, Alibaba and Tencent. Show less

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