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This article is based on the keynote address given by Mr. Fabian Bigar, Secretary General of the Ministry of Digital, at the International Innovation Summit 2024: Humanising AI in Business on November 29, 2024, where he highlighted Malaysia’s AI leadership, workforce transformation, and ethical adoption.
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This article is based on the keynote address given by Mr. Fabian Bigar, Secretary General of the Ministry of Digital, at the International Innovation Summit 2024: Humanising AI in Business on November 29, 2024, where he highlighted Malaysia’s AI leadership, workforce transformation, and ethical adoption.
— TFGI Reports
The Southeast Asian (SEA) region faces development challenges due to the dual transitions towards a digital and environmentally sustainable economy. This report presents case studies of how digital platforms contribute to economic growth and shape a more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable future for the region.
The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) — the world’s first major region-wide digital economy agreement — has entered its two-year negotiation phase. In this article, we invite OVO, Indonesia’s leading e-wallet application, to share insights on DEFA’s implementation, its impact on private sector operations, current challenges, and future strategies.
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The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) — the world’s first major region-wide digital economy agreement — has entered its two-year negotiation phase. In this article, we invite OVO, Indonesia’s leading e-wallet application, to share insights on DEFA’s implementation, its impact on private sector operations, current challenges, and future strategies.
The Institute’s latest report synthesises insights from the 10th ASEAN Economic Dialogue: Unpacking ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement.
— TFGI Reports
The Institute’s latest report synthesises insights from the 10th ASEAN Economic Dialogue: Unpacking ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement.
In this article, Hamizah Myra and Kelly Foo explore the growing challenges of disinformation and misinformation in elections across Southeast Asia.
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In this article, Hamizah Myra and Kelly Foo explore the growing challenges of disinformation and misinformation in elections across Southeast Asia.
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In the rapidly evolving global digital landscape, Malaysia must chart an ambitious course towards technological transformation. As 2025 approaches, the nation should not merely adapt to the digital age but actively reshape its economic and social fabric through a bold, comprehensive digital strategy.
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In the rapidly evolving global digital landscape, Malaysia must chart an ambitious course towards technological transformation. As 2025 approaches, the nation should not merely adapt to the digital age but actively reshape its economic and social fabric through a bold, comprehensive digital strategy.
— TFGI Reports
This paper provides an overview of “who” are regulators of Southeast Asia’s digital economy.
TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.
— TFGI Insights
TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.
Leveraging the promise of technology to advance inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth
While technology continues to turbocharge Southeast Asia’s growth and development, the reality is that it is also transforming our economies and societies in fundamental and unprecedented ways. We know little yet about how these profound changes may require adaptations in our economic, social, political and economic systems.
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Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.
Dr Ming Tan is founding Executive Director for the Tech for Good Institute, a non-profit founded to catalyse research and collaboration on social, economic and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, business and society, including sustainability and innovation.
Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, which supports Singapore’s future growth as a global innovation hub for intellectual property creation, commercialisation and management. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group and the founding Executive Director of COMO Foundation, a grantmaker focused on gender equity that has served over 47 million women and girls since 2003.
As a company director, she lends brand and strategic guidance to several companies within the COMO Group. Ming also serves as a Council Member of the Council for Board Diversity, on the boards of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.
In the non-profit, educational and government spheres, Ming is a director of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) and chairs the Asia Advisory board for Swiss hospitality business and management school EHL. She also serves on the Council for Board Diversity and the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.
Ming was educated in Singapore, the United States, and England. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from Oxford.