Union Budget 2019 for Digital India
The government is investing in technological development including mega-manufacturing plants in areas like semiconductor fabrication, solar photovoltaic cells and lithium storage batteries.
South Australian schools tackle digital transformation in education
Students and teacher teams were tasked with choosing a priority challenge, then progressing through the two-day inaugural ‘Education Hack 4.0’ to come up with a product and pitch.
New Zealand bridges researchers with budding innovators
The NZ Government will invest NZ$ 26.5 million into the commercialisation of innovation over the next two years through the 2019 round of the Commercialisation Partner Network Fund and PreSeed Accelerator Fund.
HKTDC to support HK businesses with tech
The HKTDC will work with its partners to assist Hong Kong businesses to diversify and find new opportunities amid the challenges of digital transformation.
Foundational work to potentially boost communications infrastructure
The University of Sydney’s Sydney Nano Institute and the Singapore University of Technology and Design have manipulated photonic information on a silicon chip that retains its overall shape.
Bureau of Customs enhances ease of doing business with 6 modern information systems
These systems were created to eliminate or lessen human interaction in line with the Agency’s processes as well as cut the avenues for corruption.
Second Government Bug Bounty Programme expanded to cover more digital services
About 400 local and overseas ‘white hat’ hackers took part in the inaugural Government BBP to assist the government discover vulnerabilities in five internet-facing government ICT systems and digital services. The second Government BBP, which will run for three weeks, will be expanded to cover nine services.
Malaysian R&D centre to leverage cloud-based blockchain platform
The collaboration will help boost the nation’s digital transformation journey, drive greater growth in various sectors, and serve as a potent enabler for Industry4WRD.
