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in Digital trust BUILDING DIGITAL TRUST: SINGAPORE AND SWISS TECH ASSOCIATIONS BAND TOGETHER IN FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PARTNERSHIP
To build digital trust economies in Asia and Europe, Singapore-based tech industry trade association SGTech has committed to a long-term collaboration with two of its Swiss counterparts. The MOU was signed by Ms Yean Cheong, Executive Director, SGTech (seated left); Ms Diana Engetschwiler, Senior Advisor, digitalswitzerland (seated right); and Mr Fathi Derder, Managing Director, SDI...
The Dawn of Youth in Southeast Asia (Source: by Vecteezy) Southeast Asia will drive the next wave of disruptive tech growth in the next decade. Key to this growth is the youthful population that will become tomorrow’s workforce, consumers and entrepreneurs. Compared to other regions, individuals between the ages of 15 and 35 years old...
Women should look to cybersecurity sector where there are many job vacancies. Source: Dall-E. Globally, there is a significant shortage of cybersecurity talent. In fact, about 3.4 million cyber detectives, risk professionals and-bug catchers are currently needed. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I want to encourage more women to join the exciting and...
in Singapore Tech Hub, Tech Journey SINGAPORE BUDGET 2023: NO TECH STARTUP OR SME LEFT BEHIND FROM ENHANCED R&D AND INNOVATION INCENTIVES AND SCHEMES
Local tech companies gave the thumbs up for the enhanced tax incentives on innovation and R&D expenses unveiled last week in the Singapore Budget 2023. They can get tax reductions for five activities, namely, R&D conducted in Singapore; registration of intellectual property including patents, trademarks and designs; acquisition and licensing of IP rights; innovation...
Ever since OpenAI unleashed a chatbot called Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) on Nov 30, 2022, much of the world has been transfixed by its intelligence quotient. Microsoft has invested another US$10 billion in OpenAI which developed ChatGPT. In 2019, the Windows maker invested US$1 billion, becoming the startup’s exclusive cloud provider. OpenAI is now...
in Digital trust, Emerging Tech, Our Tech Talent, Tech Journey, Trail Blazers ACCELERATING CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH INNOVATION
Technology plays a critical role in reducing organisation’s carbon footprint Sustainability has been thrust into the spotlight in recent years due to the rise in climate change-related events around the world and fossil fuel price hikes. According to the OCBC Climate Index, Singapore has obtained a national average awareness score of 8.1 in 2022. Having...
According to IEA’s Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2022 report, the global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have tripled in just three years. This trend is also picking up pace in Singapore as the government eyes ambitious plans to install 60,000 charging points by 2030 and fast-track electric vehicle (EV) adoption to achieve net-zero emissions by...
in Our Tech Highway, Singapore Tech Hub THE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT SINGAPORE’S DIGITAL JOURNEY EP04
In this final episode on Singapore’s Digital Government Story, Chan Cheow Hoe, Government Chief Digital Officer and Deputy CEO, GovTech, discussed Singapore’s engagement with the international community via The Digital Government Exchange and other forums and mechanisms. The video link is shared by Government Technology Agency of Singapore with SGTech. The video on Singapore Digital...
in Our Tech Highway, Singapore Tech Hub THE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT SINGAPORE’S DIGITAL JOURNEY EP03
In this third of four video episodes, Chan Cheow Hoe, the Government Chief Digital Officer and Deputy CEO, GovTech, dwelled on Singapore’s Strategic National Projects: The Government Tech Stack. He shared how the Tech Stack provides a better, smarter, and faster platform for building digital applications. The video link is shared by Government Technology Agency...
in Our Tech Highway, Singapore Tech Hub THE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT SINGAPORE’S DIGITAL JOURNEY EP02
In this second of four video episodes, Chan Cheow Hoe, the Government Chief Digital Officer and Deputy CEO, GovTech, elaborated on how the organisation of GovTech has evolved over the years as Singapore continues to leverage on new technologies to digitally transform government digital services. This included the purpose and critical roles in setting up...