TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The rapid digitalization of everything we do today is fast changing the country's financial inclusion landscape. Although the share of the unbanked population in the country is still one of the highest in the Asia Pacific region according to Statista research, the...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Many have written about the current technology divide in our society; the “digital immigrants” and the “digital natives.” The difference mainly lies in the year people were born relative to the time digital technology became a way of life. While digital natives...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary Today, wars can be started using a computer mouse instead of bullets. That is the gist of the message of DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy during the recent launch of the Philippine National Cybersecurity Talent Workforce Assessment Report. “It...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The pandemic presents a great opportunity for digital transformation. And we have seen a lot of organizations take advantage of it. For most businesses, it was the only option they saw to keep them afloat. For some, it was a matter of getting ahead of the competition. The...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Today, we see a lot of digitalization projects being undertaken by government offices. Most are meant to increase internal efficiency and provide convenience to the transacting public by, for example, providing online or mobile access to their services. Of course, we also...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Last week, we talked about the emergence of artificial intelligence or AI, how it is beginning to play an important role in our lives and economy and how it is already having an impact on our world in many different ways. There is now a fierce race not just among...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The age of the “Smart City” is upon us! It’s just that, we don’t really know what that means. Or, at least, not yet. – The Boston Smart City Playbook (2016). Major cities all over the world including the Philippines have embarked on initiatives that will make...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The famous French writer and philosopher, Voltaire, once said “If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.” Last July 21, I participated in the virtual Senate consultative hearing organized by the office of Senator Sonny Angara. Attended by around...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim It is not only the concept of work that the advent of the internet has disrupted. It is also beginning to change, in very profound ways, the way we look at how business is conducted especially for micro-enterprises. The internet gave birth to a recent phenomenon called...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Last week, we talked about how the internet is fast changing how work is done and how it spawned the development of the gig economy. In these trying times, gig work has become a critical survival lifeline for many people by providing livelihood opportunities. Today, we...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Among the game-changing innovations that happened in the last 50 years, the internet could be considered as having the most profound impact on society today. From humble beginnings in the 1980s, it has turned our existence upside down today. In almost everything we do, we...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Outsourcing has become a strategic tool for companies today. Whether they are looking for an easy way to scale their business for the future or looking at going global or even just positioning themselves to be more competitive and efficient, they all look to outsourcing...
