A group of Filipino students won an award for devising a waste management tracking system at the 2025 APAC Solution Challenge, which was held during the demo day of the 2025 APAC Digital Transformation Forum in Manila this June.
The $100-million (around P5.8 billion) funding will be used to procure and install electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) and to purchase electric vehicles for commercial distribution.
The Apl.de.Ap Foundation International (APLFI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will launch the Philippines' first Electric Vehicle (EV) Center for Excellence to boost...
The ADB noted that smartphone usage in the Philippines is among the most widespread in Southeast Asia, but the country has limited tower coverage — with only 240 towers per million population.
Nine rural banks and a bank consortium have secured grants worth $655,000 from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of digital transformation solutions aimed at catalyzing financial inclusion.
Visayas-based Cebuanimation Network has been chosen as one of the five cooperatives that will receive funding grants from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Meanwhile, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the digitalization of the Philippine economy and government is one of the six strategies it would implement over the next five years to facilitate economic and social transformation under the Philippine Development Plan (PDP).
ADB chief economist Yasuyuki Sawada said accelerating the country’s digital transformation could lead to substantial growth in global output, employment, and trade.
Thomas Abell, chief of Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Digital Technology for Development, said the world might see an economic boom that will fuel digital economy as countries transition to the so-called ‘new normal’ once “the pandemic starts to recede.”
