India's superapp battle kicks off with Facebook-Jio alliance

New tie-up will challenge current leader Paytm in crowded field of app startups

Jio, India’s youngest but biggest mobile operator is owned by Reliance Industries, one of India’s most powerful family conglomerates (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

KEN KOYANAGI, Nikkei Asian Review Editor-at-large

April 28, 2020 21:16 JST

TOKYO -- The race to become India's top superapp has kicked into high gear, and funds from overseas technology titans are set to poor into homegrown startups.