USAID Assists Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Host Cybersecurity Hygiene Workshop for Government Agencies The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), assisted by the United States Agency for International Development’s Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) Project, held a … Read More
USAID and DICT Launch Training to Improve Cybersecurity Talent and Expertise in the Philippines The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) Project in partnership with the Department of Information and … Read More
USAID Gathers Community Network Champions to Share Good Practices and Collaborate in Enhancing Internet Operability in the Philippines On March 1, 2023, United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) Project organized a forum … Read More
USAID and U.S.-Philippine Joint Cybersecurity Working Group Convene to Discuss 5G Network Security in the Philippines On January 24, 2023, United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) Project and the U.S. – PH Joint … Read More
USAID, DICT and IBM Launch Philippine Cyber Talent Report to Counter High Risk to Philippine Government and Economy if Cyber Staff Shortages Continue Manila, Philippines—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently released a report attributing the … Read More
USAID Supports DICT’s Knowledge Sharing and Action Planning on PPPs for the ICT Sector More than 60 senior officials from the Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), … Read More
PCTA officials and members, USAID’s BEACON project and DICT officials pose for a photo on the first day of the conference. PRESS RELEASE October 17, 2022, Bacolod, Philippines—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Philippine Cable and Telecommunications … Read More
Internet connectivity remains a challenge in the Philippines. A Filipino spends over 10 hours a day on the internet, the longest in the world next to South Africans, but only a small portion of the country’s population – … Read More
Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) Activity Fostering Economic Growth Through Better and More Reliable ICT in the Philippines Nathan is implementing the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) five-year (2021-2026), US$33.3 million Better Access and Connectivity … Read More