ICT Strategy and Its Impacts for
Singapore’s Women Enterprises
Presented by:
Irene Boey
President, Federation of Business &
Professional Women (Singapore)
7 Oct 2009
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Singapore’s iN2015
• Vision
An Intelligent Nation, A Global City, Powered By Infocomm
• Innovation
iN2015 will fuel creativity and innovation among businesses and
individuals by providing an infocomm platform that supports
enterprise and talent.
• Integration
iN2015 will connect businesses, individuals and communities, giving
them the ability to harness resources and capabilities – speedily and
efficiently – across diverse businesses and geographies.
• Internationalisation
iN2015 will be the conduit for providing easy and immediate access
to the world’s resources as well as for exporting Singapore’s ideas,
products, services, companies and talent into the global markets.
(Source : IDA Singapore)
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Impact
• … transforming lives & businesses
iN2015 powers partnerships by providing the technology to collaborate, innovate and personalise.
This connects local and global needs even as it enriches customers’ experiences and helps
develop new capabilities.
• … fuelling competitive enterprise
Technology is fundamental to the development of ideas that sets a business apart from its
competitors. iN2015 helps speed up industry-specific solutions, builds brands, fosters growth and
expands and attracts global talent and expertise.
• … providing the infrastructure
A next-generation wireless and wired infrastructure will deliver more innovative and trusted
services. It will be ultra-high speed, pervasive and intelligent.
• … developing human capital
iN2015 attracts and develops an innovative, infocomm-savvy workforce and global infocomm
talent, to enhance economic competitiveness and economic growth.
(Source : IDA Singapore)
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Impact on Enterprises
In 2006, almost all enterprises (with 250 employees or
more) have established Web presence, as well as used
the Internet and broadband.
On the consumer front, some 68.4 per cent households
were on broadband in 2006, while 88 per cent of homes
with school-going children owned computers.
What about SMEs?
ICT is identified as an area for SMEs to acquire new
capabilities
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• Survey on SMEs and Ebusiness in
Singapore 2009 by Integral Solutions
(Asia) Pte Ltd
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Survey Objectives
• Explore the use of Internet enabled electronic processes by
SMEs with particular interest on:
– Activities
– Challenges
– Benefits
• Identify if there are any differences between Male &
Female in SMEs with regards to their use of internet & ebiz.
• Comparison of Singapore SMEs with ASEAN sisters
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Why SMEs ?
• SMEs are important for economic
development because:
– they make up 99% of all companies in most
economies;
– generate 60-80% of employment
– account for between 40-60% of GDP.
• However, in general SMEs are not very
electronically savvy
