Technology News From The Philippines
The program kicked off last year, with the US Embassy in the Philippines providing support, incentives, and benefits to 13 early-stage startups worth P1 million.
With Exora Source, customers that have monthly electricity bills of P2.5 million or above can find their best match retail electricity suppliers (RES) and save up to 30 percent in their electricity bill.
As the first speech language app to be fully in Filipino, the app aims to improve the children’s language skills by including sentence comprehension tasks and stories.
The Department of Science and Technology and QBO Innovation Hub recently rewarded top-performing Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) that have demonstrated outstanding capabilities and produced impactful programs and startups during the TBI 4.0 Program.
The Netpreneur Training Program is designed to equip entrepreneurs and business leaders with tangible and actionable steps they can take to advance in the digital economy, based on Alibaba’s own entrepreneurship journey.
“Our 40 million active users in the Philippines are some of the most engaged among ShareIt’s billion-strong userbase worldwide. Pinoys are on the forefront of many global trends in terms of mobile usage, entertainment and gaming. We’re very excited about ShareIt’s growth as our local team helps to empower and enable Philippine businesses to effectively reach more customers and unlock growth.”
The workshops, slated to happen between May 21 and June 4, 2021, will give participants the chance to be coached and mentored by industry experts on 5G technology and innovation.
The agility and ability of the government to provide interventions and policies are crucial for technology startup companies in the country to thrive amid the pandemic, according to QBO Innovation Hub and Ideaspace executive director Katrina Chan.
