Category: Tech for Good
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Singtel Charity Golf 2022 raises S$1.15 million for children and youth with special needs
Singtel’s annual flagship fundraising event, Singtel Charity Golf, has successfullyraised $1.15 million to help children and youth with special needs, with the generous support of its business partners. The funds raised today, a 65% increase compared to the $700,000 raised last year, will be channelled towards its corporate philanthropy programme, Singtel Touching Lives Fund (STLF), to support primary, secondary and post-secondary level programmes at […]
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M1 commits to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emission reduction targets
M1 Limited (M1) has committed to reducing its absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 46.2% by 2030 from a 2020 base year. It has also committed to reducing Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, capital goods and upstream leased assets by 42% by 2030 from a 2020 base […]
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Huawei launches Tech4City Competition to build a more sustainable, progressive Singapore
The inaugural Huawei Tech4City Competition from May to September is a Singapore-focused competition under Huawei’s TECH4ALL initiative – a long-term, digital inclusion programme that uses technology, applications, and skills to empower people and organisations everywhere. “This competition aims to encourage Singapore youth from institutes of higher learning to contribute fresh ideas to build a city […]
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Google Search introduces a new Search experience to help potential victims of domestic/family violence and sexual assault
Google has worked with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) to introduce a new Search experience to help potential victims of domestic/family violence and sexual assault. Searches for terms like “domestic violence”, “family violence”, “my partner is hitting me”, “sexual assault” will see a result at the top of the page encouraging potential […]
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M1 donates free mobile plans to support youth from lower-income families
To drive digital inclusion and give back to the community, M1 Limited (M1) has pledged to support the Data for All initiative by donating up to 10,000 SIM cards with free mobile plans to youth from lower-income families under the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s (MSF) Community Link (ComLink) initiative, as part of the […]
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giga! commits up to 10,000 mobile lines to Persons with Disabilities
Marking three successful years of delivering the “Best Mobile Service in an App” for customers, giga! – the all-digital brand by StarHub – is celebrating its’ 3rd birthday by giving back to the community. Giga will commit up to 10,000 mobile lines to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), empowering them to enjoy the things they love on […]
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Ascent Charity to launch a fleet of humanitarian drones into Ukraine
As more civilians continue to suffer from the escalating conflict in Ukraine, the need for immediate humanitarian assistance has never been more imperative. However, the challenge now is getting the critical aid into the affected areas with supply routes cut, and without sending on-ground personnel. French non-profit organisation, Ascent Charity is driving an innovative effort to bring […]
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Singaporean education non-profit Solve Education! celebrates 2 million lessons delivered, focusing on employment for a million youths
Solve Education! has announced the celebration of 2 million lessons delivered through their core programmes – the “Dawn of Civilization”, an AI-driven educational mobile game and its supporting Telegram chatbot, “Ed the learning bot”. This is only the beginning of Solve Education!’s continued commitment to bringing English literacy and effective education to its learners. Solve […]
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H2i partners StarHub to use Mobile Base Stations as Rainfall Sensors
Hydroinformatics Institute (H2i) will tap StarHub’s ubiquitous network of mobile base stations as “opportunistic” rainfall sensors, creating a cost-effective rainfall monitoring system in a PUB pilot to be launched in the second quarter of the year. The two companies will mine data on the impact rain has on mobile signal strength to provide PUB with […]
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StarHub Ranked World’s Most Sustainable Wireless Telecommunication Service Provider in 2022
StarHub has been ranked the world’s most sustainable Wireless Telecommunication Service Provider, the world’s third most sustainable Telecommunications Company, and Singapore’s most sustainable telco. Overall, StarHub was placed 72nd among more than 6,900 companies globally on the 2022 Corporate Knights’ Global 100. StarHub moved up eight spots from its 80th ranking in 2021, gaining recognition […]
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