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With Quality Education as one of its targets, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4), Forest Interactive strengthens its commitment to corporate sustainability through a books and school supplies donation to privately-run, volunteer-driven organization Library Hub Philippines.
Digital News Asia (DNA) continues to champion various new and fun forms of technologies by holding its first Digerati50 Omniverse networking event, this time with Johary Mustapha as part of the session on September 23, 2022. Joined by DNA’s own group of tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and 10 corporate C-level leaders, Johary and the other tech leaders experienced the virtual world using both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) features during the get-together event.
When the pandemic hits, the lines between work and life feel blurred, which generates an uncomfortable sensation of paradoxes not to just our talents, but also everyone else who is working from home. This cognitive dissonance has unquestionably altered the environment to the point where there is no turning back, even to adjust. This has caused a tremendous negative effect to our mental health. Forest Interactive takes the wellbeing of our talents seriously and believes in creating a welcoming environment for them to thrive. With our talents having decreased face time and being unable to check in physically with each other, we needed to think of new ways to engage our employees and bring them closer together again.
Forest Interactive is proud to join the World Congress on Innovation & Technology (WCIT 2022) Malaysia as a bronze sponsor after a brief pandemic-related postponement last year. Currently in its 26th edition, the global event returns this year from September 13 to 15, 2022 in Penang.
Canadia Bank, one of Cambodia’s largest local banks, broadens its digital voucher offerings for its proprietary mobile app, through a partnership with Forest Interactive Cambodia. Forest Interactive has almost 16 years of industry experience in the mobile technology industry. Its Digital Vouchers Platform (DVP) offers mobile operators and businesses better engagement with their customers through a one-stop portal for all digital goods, including gift cards, to the growing smartphone users in the Kingdom.
In a joint commitment to enhance mobile economies across the Asia Pacific region, Forest Interactive is calling on industry leaders to join Mobile 360 Asia Pacific 2022 at JW Marriott South Beach, Singapore, from August 2 to 3, 2022. Hosted by GSMA, a global organization that represents mobile operators and organizations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, this year’s Mobile 360 Asia Pacific has Forest Interactive returning as co-marketer for the second year.
Forest Interactive Foundation launches Bayu Hackathon, a nation-building program that focuses on education enrichment in the field of technology, to empower future innovators capable of developing innovative ideas and solutions for Sabah. With the tagline Code, Learn, and Meet, Bayu Hackathon is now open for registration to Malaysians aged between 20-30 years old, are university students, are fresh graduates, or are currently looking for job opportunities. Register now: https://www.forestcares.org/sekodlah-bayu-hackathon/en/registration#hackathon
Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad, the national agency under the Ministry of Human Resources, onboards Forest Interactive as one of the partners for Women Industry Network (WIN): Girls in Tech Mentorship Program, from March 29, 2022 until July 31, 2022. Aligning the focus with Malaysia’s Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 and the Twelfth Malaysian Plan to develop future-ready digital talents, the three-month mentorship program aims to reach a 59% female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) by 2025. Consequently, it seeks to empower Malaysian female talents with digital skills, expand connection with industry experts, and increase employability in the tech-based and digital industry.
Forest Interactive kicks off #ItEndsNow, formalizing an ongoing initiative to advocate for harassment awareness, prevention, and support in the workplace. The internal #ItEndsNowcampaign first kicked off with its awareness phase in March 2022, first with a pre-campaign survey aimed to gauge talents’ understanding of sexual assault. From there, a series of weekly email newsletters also raised awareness of types of harassment in the workplace, talents’ rights at the workplace, grievance mechanisms in place at Forest Interactive, and avenues for talents for conflict resolution and external resources.
iOne, a leading retail technology business in Cambodia, signs an agreement with Forest Interactive Cambodia to offer new digital product offerings to iOneCard mobile app users. This partnership opens up a seamless shopping experience for iOneCard app users, to be able to purchase a variety of digital vouchers from game and entertainment-related vouchers such as Discord, Twitch, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Play Station, PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends Bang Bang, Garena, VALORANT, Marvel, Razer Gold, and other premium digital vouchers.
