Kathmandu, Feb. 1 -- Jayanti Mala Chapagain knows firsthand the struggles of taking a Nepali IT firm to the global stage. After working as a tech lead and lecturer for years, she founded Spiker Solutions in 2013, an IT service provider specialising in website development, e-commerce solutions, and digital marketing.

Her company, like many others in Nepal, relies heavily on foreign clientele, with over 95 percent of its clients from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.

But, building trust with foreign clients has been a slow and arduous process.

"When clients from abroad reach out to us through social media, their first question is always whether our company is real or fake. They ask if we have a branch or subsidiary in...