For over two decades, Monchito Ibrahim has helped develop policies to strengthen the Philippine digital ecosystem and drive digital economic growth. During his tenure as Undersecretary at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), he served on legislative working groups that drafted landmark laws, including the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
In June 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appointed the writer as an Executive Member of the Presidential Innovation Council, representing the business sector. This council is the country’s innovation policymaking body.
He also writes as an opinion columnist in the Manila Bulletin, a leading daily in the Philippines.
For over two decades, Monchito Ibrahim has helped develop policies to strengthen the Philippine digital ecosystem and drive digital economic growth. During his tenure as Undersecretary at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), he served on legislative working groups that drafted landmark laws, including the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
In June 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appointed the writer as an Executive Member of the Presidential Innovation Council, representing the business sector. This council is the country’s innovation policymaking body.
He also writes as an opinion columnist in the Manila Bulletin, a leading daily in the Philippines.
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What ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement Means for Philippine MSMEs
Following the conclusion of negotiations in May 2026, tech policy veteran Monchito Ibrahim examines how the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) can propel local small enterprises into regional powerhouses—if national implementation leaves no business behind.
Digital Tech Adoption Incentives to Unlock the Next Growth Frontier of the IT-BPM Sector
The Philippines’ IT-BPM sector is growing strongly, but the next growth frontier will come from innovation enabled by advanced digital technologies, such as cloud, AI, analytics, and secure cross-border data systems. These capabilities can help firms move beyond routine outsourcing into innovation-driven partnerships. In this article, the writers explore how targeted digital adoption incentives, structured knowledge partnerships, and clear data governance can support this transition. This article builds upon the 2025 study on the Philippine IT-BPM sector.
Platforms of Progress: How Digital Platforms Are Reshaping Service Delivery In The Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the Philippines’ digital transformation, compelling a strategic shift toward digital platforms for public benefit. Key thought leaders recently convened to discuss leveraging these platforms beyond commerce to enhance governance and social inclusion. In this article, Monchito Ibrahim, Lead Convenor of ATIN, explores how public-private partnerships are streamlining aid, expanding education, and empowering MSMEs, and shares strategic recommendations for building an inclusive, citizen-centric digital state.
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What ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement Means for Philippine MSMEs
Following the conclusion of negotiations in May 2026, tech policy veteran Monchito Ibrahim examines how the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) can propel local small enterprises into regional powerhouses—if national implementation leaves no business behind.
Digital Tech Adoption Incentives to Unlock the Next Growth Frontier of the IT-BPM Sector
The Philippines’ IT-BPM sector is growing strongly, but the next growth frontier will come from innovation enabled by advanced digital technologies, such as cloud, AI, analytics, and secure cross-border data systems. These capabilities can help firms move beyond routine outsourcing into innovation-driven partnerships. In this article, the writers explore how targeted digital adoption incentives, structured knowledge partnerships, and clear data governance can support this transition. This article builds upon the 2025 study on the Philippine IT-BPM sector.
Platforms of Progress: How Digital Platforms Are Reshaping Service Delivery In The Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the Philippines’ digital transformation, compelling a strategic shift toward digital platforms for public benefit. Key thought leaders recently convened to discuss leveraging these platforms beyond commerce to enhance governance and social inclusion. In this article, Monchito Ibrahim, Lead Convenor of ATIN, explores how public-private partnerships are streamlining aid, expanding education, and empowering MSMEs, and shares strategic recommendations for building an inclusive, citizen-centric digital state.
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Programme Fellow
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.
Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director
Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and 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. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.
Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, 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. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.
