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The latest updates on our research, programmes and events as we examine innovation and digital progress, through the lens of sustainable growth for Southeast Asia.
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Navigating AI Governance and Ethics Across ASEAN
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The Power of Language Diversity in the AI Era
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Malaysia's Journey Towards AI Literacy
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Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Balancing Connectivity and Youth Mental Well-Being: Challenges of Social Media
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Harmonising Digital Economy Progress and Sustainability: MSMEs as catalysts
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
From Progress to Prosperity: Charting Indonesia’s Digital Future
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Reaching New Heights: Insights from e-Conomy SEA 2023
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Understanding, Innovating and Capitalising on Generative AI
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Accelerating Impact Beyond Access
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Helping e-commerce merchants in Southeast Asia unlock their full potential
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Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Balancing Connectivity and Youth Mental Well-Being: Challenges of Social Media
TFGI Reports
Leveraging Digital Platforms for Public Benefit
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Harmonising Digital Economy Progress and Sustainability: MSMEs as catalysts
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
From Progress to Prosperity: Charting Indonesia’s Digital Future
Commentary Ecosystem Resources
Reaching New Heights: Insights from e-Conomy SEA 2023
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Expert Opinion
AI on Trial: Navigating Explainability and Transparency
Event Highlights
Leveraging AI to Catalyse Economic Growth
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Expert Opinion
AI on Trial: Navigating Explainability and Transparency
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Event Highlights
Leveraging AI to Catalyse Economic Growth
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Collective Action for Scam Resilience in Southeast Asia
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Leveraging AI for Good: Harnessing AI to Combat Cybercrime
Event Highlights
A Shared Responsibility for a Safer Digital Tomorrow
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Mouna Aouri

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.

Dr Ming Tan

Founding Executive Director

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.