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Unpacking Sovereign AI: Opportunities in the Face of a “Fraught Pursuit”

Malaysia’s decision to deploy Huawei’s chips for its sovereign AI initiative has sparked debate over the viability of sovereign AI. Taking a step back, this article unpacks what sovereign AI entails. Despite geopolitical challenges, Malaysia still has the potential to take the lead in aspects of the three pillars of sovereign AI—local data, local infrastructure and local talent.

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Unpacking Sovereign AI: Opportunities in the Face of a “Fraught Pursuit”

Malaysia’s decision to deploy Huawei’s chips for its sovereign AI initiative has sparked debate over the viability of sovereign AI. Taking a step back, this article unpacks what sovereign AI entails. Despite geopolitical challenges, Malaysia still has the potential to take the lead in aspects of the three pillars of sovereign AI—local data, local infrastructure and local talent.

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Building Resilience Against Digitally-enabled Scams and Fraud in Southeast Asia: A Whole-of-Society Approach

In partnership with Bamboo Builders and with the support of Google.org, this report highlights the urgent need for Southeast Asia to build digital resilience at every stage of digitally-enabled scams and fraud victim journey. 

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Building Resilience Against Digitally-enabled Scams and Fraud in Southeast Asia: A Whole-of-Society Approach

In partnership with Bamboo Builders and with the support of Google.org, this report from the Tech for Good Institute highlights the urgent need for Southeast Asia to build digital resilience at every stage of digitally-enabled scams and fraud victim journey.

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Can DEFA Future-Proof ASEAN’s Digital Economy?

Trade tensions in 2025 exposed ASEAN’s digital vulnerabilities. In this article, Citra Nasruddin, Programme Director for Tech For Good Institute, examines how the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) could help the region resist fragmentation and unlock long-term digital growth.

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Can DEFA Future-Proof ASEAN’s Digital Economy?

Trade tensions in 2025 exposed ASEAN’s digital vulnerabilities. In this article, Citra Nasruddin, Programme Director for Tech For Good Institute, examines how the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) could help the region resist fragmentation and unlock long-term digital growth.

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Digital Platforms Benefit for Policy Implementation: Transforming Public Service Delivery

Digital platforms across Southeast Asia (SEA) have transformed from basic transaction facilitators into integral components of national digital infrastructure. This shift presents significant opportunities for governments to enhance policy implementation and public service delivery. 

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Digital Platforms Benefit for Policy Implementation: Transforming Public Service Delivery
Digital platforms across Southeast Asia (SEA) have transformed from basic transaction facilitators into integral components of national digital infrastructure. This shift presents significant opportunities for governments to enhance policy implementation and public service delivery.
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Indonesia’s AI Crossroads: Will Hype Deliver Real Transformation?

As AI adoption accelerates across Indonesia, the real test lies not in innovation alone, but in the country’s ability to build coherent policies, talent pipelines, and governance frameworks that serve the public good.

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Indonesia’s AI Crossroads: Will Hype Deliver Real Transformation?

As AI adoption accelerates across Indonesia, the real test lies not in innovation alone, but in the country’s ability to build coherent policies, talent pipelines, and governance frameworks that serve the public good.

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The Future of Work: Advancing New Models of Work in Southeast Asia

The rapid pace of technological advancement and business model innovation is fundamentally transforming the nature of work across Southeast Asia (SEA). In response, the Tech For Good Institute (TFGI) is launching a platform to convene policymakers, researchers, and thought leaders in a series of discussions on New Models of Work. These insights will help shape a sustainable and inclusive future of work in the region.

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The Future of Work: Advancing New Models of Work in Southeast Asia
The rapid pace of technological advancement and business model innovation is fundamentally transforming the nature of work across Southeast Asia (SEA). In response, the Tech For Good Institute (TFGI) is launching a platform to convene policymakers, researchers, and thought leaders in a series of discussions on New Models of Work. These insights will help shape a sustainable and inclusive future of work in the region.
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Finding the Regulatory Balance Amidst Malaysia’s E-Commerce Growth

In this article, Hafidzi Razali, Spokesperson for E-Commerce Chapter of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) examines Malaysia’s evolving tech governance landscape, using the proposed E-Commerce Law as a lens to explore the challenges of regulating a rapidly growing digital economy.

 

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Finding the Regulatory Balance Amidst Malaysia’s E-Commerce Growth

In this article, Hafidzi Razali, Spokesperson for E-Commerce Chapter of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) examines Malaysia’s evolving tech governance landscape, using the proposed E-Commerce Law as a lens to explore the challenges of regulating a rapidly growing digital economy.

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Digital Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s Next Frontier for Impact and Innovation

How can Southeast Asia harness digital innovation to drive inclusive and sustainable growth? Supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and launched at Asia Tech x Singapore 2025 (ATxSG), this report explores the region’s opportunity to capitalise on its digital momentum to advance sustainable development.

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Digital Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s Next Frontier for Impact and Innovation
How can Southeast Asia harness digital innovation to drive inclusive and sustainable growth? Supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and launched at Asia Tech x Singapore 2025 (ATxSG), this report explores the region’s opportunity to capitalise on its digital momentum to advance sustainable development. 
 
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Have insights on Southeast Asia's digital landscape?

TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.

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Have insights on Southeast Asia's digital landscape?

TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.

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Leveraging the promise of technology to advance inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth

While technology continues to turbocharge Southeast Asia’s growth and development, the reality is that it is also transforming our economies and societies in fundamental and unprecedented ways. We know little yet about how these profound changes may require adaptations in our economic, social, political and economic systems.

We have only scratched the surface in understanding the impact of technology in a complex region like Southeast Asia, and much more can be done to enrich our collective knowledge and engage in meaningful discussions on the topic.
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ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement: Towards an Equitable and Sustainable Digital Future

A recent policy brief by the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies, titled "Indonesia’s Strategies for Joining the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement", outlines potential contents of the ASEAN Digital Economic Framework Agreement (DEFA) by examining relevant elements of the digital economy from existing agreements.

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.


Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.