Singapore Poultry Hub Pte Ltd announced in October 2019 their plans to set up the first smart and green factory for the poultry industry in Singapore using a $40 million loan secured from United Overseas Bank (UOB). The new factory is projected to help Singapore Poultry Hub improve their productivity by...
The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and Collaborative Research in Engineering and Science and Technology Centre (CREST) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dassault Systèmes Singapore Pte Ltd. The partnership aims to create a steering committee to discuss the scope, requirements, roles and plans in...
Ascent Solutions Pte Ltd is a Singaporean industrial Internet of Things (IoT) track-and-trace solutions provider established in 2010. Today it has expanded to help businesses across the world attain accountability and traceability over valuable cargoes in the forms of assets, persons, and vehicles. While...
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to the education and training industry, a sector which has valued face-to-face interactions and, as such, has tended to resist digitalisation. With rules and restrictions aimed at reducing social contact implemented as a response to the pandemic, the sector has been...
AI Singapore (AISG) has launched its AI Readiness Index (AIRI), a comprehensive and easy-to-implement business-focused framework that helps organisations to self-assess the status of their artificial intelligence (AI) adoption readiness. AIRI, Singapore's first-of-its-kind, will help these businesses to measure their latest AI adoption and...
eBay has launched “Global 24/7”, an e-Commerce accelerator programme specifically designed to help SMEs leverage eBay’s platform for global export as the economy gradually enters a recovery phase. This e-Commerce accelerator programme provides start-up incentives, necessary tools, training, and assistance for business owners to...
Singapore has released its Model Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Framework for public consultation, pilot adoption and feedback. The framework is the first in Asia to provide detailed and readily implementable guidance to private sector organisations to address key ethical and governance issues when deploying AI solutions. 
By now most businesses are familiar with the need to change and make decisions more quickly than ever before, yet new data from Zendesk’s ‘Agility in Action Report’ suggests that it is easier said than done, with only 16% of managers in Singapore classifying their organisations as...
The global economy shows signs of steadying, however, many indicators remain weaker than a year ago, according to the Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) for Q4 2022 from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants). The Q4 report shows the...
Information and support on global trade opportunities will help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore internationalise and grow, according to research from accounting body Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The accounting body's report revealed that nearly half of respondents in its latest survey would like to receive such...