How may we use digital technologies to inculcate positive community engagement through the eSports platform?

Currently, eSports has garnered strong interest from youths and millennial around the region, and we believe that there is upside potential in further fostering positive community connections. This can include providing an avenue for youths to develop useful and practical digital competencies, boosting the inclusion of the underserved community like the less privileged, persons with disabilities or enhancing the diversity of the players in the community such as having more female gamers.

Area of focus (but not limited to):

• Outreach: Digital content related to eSports to promote upskill opportunities for youths
• Engagement: Facilitate in developing relevant skillsets (gaming, game development, or other relevant skills needed in the gaming ecosystem), as well as encourage an active offline lifestyle
• Inclusion: Creating a social experience for everyone through esports activity to ensure acceptance in all level of social status

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How can we leverage mobile wallets to enable financial inclusion, especially for underprivileged and social enterprises?

Mobile wallets are gaining popularity – providing much appreciated convenience to complete in-store payments and to send, receive and store money through smart phones. However, the use of mobile wallets to benefit the social sector is still in its nascent stage. There is an untapped potential for digital solutions leveraging on mobile wallets to be diffused into this sector. The expansion of such financial access could help to improve their quality of life.

Area of focus (but not limited to):

• It can be a standalone solution, with the potential of integrating with Singtel Dash, or an API to be integrated into mobile wallet
• Designed to be easy to use for the beneficiaries, where they could be illiterate, senior or have special needs
• Encourage mobile wallet users to give back to the vulnerable population in a safe and accountable manner that meets their needs

Find out more here.

How may we enhance community care for users especially for post hospitalisation patients and persons with disabilities through digital solutions?

As Singapore’s population ages rapidly, this will lead to a growing demand for community care so as to ensure that the needs does not exceed the current healthcare capacity. This could be particularly challenging for the underserved sectors, such as underprivileged, seniors, or person with disabilities, who typically are unable to access to such community care at affordable prices. We believe that the potential of technology like Internet of Things and 5G could help care workers improve the quality of care for their users.

Area of focus (but not limited to):

• Enable the rehabilitation of post hospitalisation patients
• Empower the post hospitalisation patients, persons with disabilities or seniors with their activities of daily lives

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We want to support ideas to tackle the social and community challenges posed by the pandemic. We will fast track promising start-ups with pandemic support solutions through our application process and they will be supported from a cash pool of up to $30,000.

Area of focus (but not limited to):

• Preventive healthcare tracking measures
• Improving digital outreach to isolated beneficiaries
• For more ideas on the social sector needs you can check out: https://www.giving.sg/sgunited

Potential solutions which can be implemented on a sustainable scale with a partner and applied to other use cases would be prioritised.

Apply here if you have any solutions. Applications open until 18 April.

How can co-create sustainable solutions that encourage increased participation of business partners and customers into a circular economy?

In 2019, Singapore passed a new zero-waste law and Resource Sustainability Bill focusing on waste-reducing measures for electronic waste (“e-waste”), food waste and packaging waste, with a shift from a voluntary to mandatory approach. As a responsible corporate, we are committed to understanding, managing and minimising our environmental impact across our value chain, including our business operations, suppliers and customers particularly in the area of sustainable packaging.

Area of focus (but not limited to):

• Strategy roadmap for Singtel, and to help the industry and other corporates strive towards the national agenda of zero waste
• Innovations in e.g. packaging, technology, labelling and education to drive the agenda forward of establishing best practices for 3Rs

Find out more here.

Co-funding of up to S$50,000 per start-up available for Singtel Future Makers 2020

What raiSE is looking out for:

• A compelling local and human centric societal impact,
• Viable business proposition, and
• Team commitment

Decision to award will be made at the end of our 2020 programme for deserving participants that show significant potential and progress. More info will be available upon selection of the finalists.

Opportunity to receive the Startup SG Founder Grant of S$30,000 per start-up available for Singtel Future Makers 2020

Singtel Future Makers as an Accredited Mentor Partner (AMP) under Startup SG Founder:

The grant is open to all Singaporeans/Permanent Residents who are first-time entrepreneurs. In addition, the applicant would need to adhere to the following conditions at the time of application:

• Applicant(s) must hold or propose to hold at least 30% equity in the underlying company;
• The company must have at least 51% local shareholding and must not be incorporated for more than six (6) months at the point of application to Enterprise Singapore;
• The applicant(s) must not have registered or incorporated any business entity;
• The applicant(s) must not have received any funding for the proposed business idea from another government organisation