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JUNE SUN

The atmosphere at this tech start-up pitch night feels like the geeks have finally become the coolest kids at the party.

Following Apple's recent announcement of the iPhone 6's mobile payment feature, Apple Pay, experts from both the public and private sector gave positive predictions for the outlook of mobile commerce in Hong Kong at a conference in the city.

Jack Ma Yun is about to make history. If Alibaba beats the US$20 billion prediction that analysts have laid out, it will become the biggest initial public offering ever seen.

Shifting demographic tides could stymie the dawning of the much-heralded Chinese century and see development surge in Sub-Saharan Africa, two recent studies show.

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Two teams from New Zealand won the top two prizes in the FedEx Express/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge Asia Pacific, in which students in the region competed with business plans for a beauty product to market in Kenya.

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