August 19, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Outdated authorities methods and lack of instruments to deal with rising dangers are the highest challenges for the nation’s small and medium enterprises, which the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Business (PCCI) hopes to assist deal with by working with the federal government.
Talking on the launch of the PCCI’s upcoming Philippine Enterprise Convention and Expo (PBC&E), Converge ICT Options Inc. CEO Dennis Anthony Uy, who additionally serves as this 12 months’s convention chair, stated handbook authorities and inner enterprise methods, lack of resilience instruments amid rising dangers, in addition to the expertise growth hole had been recognized by SMEs as actual enterprise challenges that they face.
Uy stated the SMEs had been requested to determine challenges as a part of the nationwide Byte Ahead Hackathon being carried out together with the PBC&E.
Uy stated companies couldn’t compete in a digital economic system with analog methods.
He additionally emphasised the significance of getting instruments to allow companies to deal with dangers.
“From cyberattacks to typhoons to produce chain delays,many companies haven’t any instruments for enterprise continuity, cyber safety or speedy market adaptation,” Uy stated.
With regards to expertise, he stated there’s a mismatch between out there expertise and the calls for of a tech-driven economic system with only a few staff educated in synthetic intelligence, automation, cybersecurity and different digital instruments.
“These are usually not summary issues — they’re each day realities for retail retailers, farms, supply hubs and native governments. For this reason we’re remodeling the PBC&E right into a hands-on showcase of what the longer term holds,” he stated.
Uy stated the PCCI’s upcoming occasion, which will likely be held on Oct. 20 to 21 on the SMX Conference Heart Manila, will present how know-how can resolve issues confronted by micro, small, medium and even massive enterprises.
By way of outdated authorities methods, he stated the PCCI and Division of Info and Communications Expertise can be working with native authorities models to make sure the identical platform is getting used to serve the general public.
With regards to resilience instruments, he stated they’d be working with the Division of Commerce and Business to assist small companies acquire entry to such.
“We’ve authorities companies with the general public sector ensuring we’re serving to SMEs rework sooner. That’s the intention of this convention,” Uy stated.
PCCI president Enunina Mangio stated the PBC&E is anticipated to function a “strategic platform designed to equip each Filipino enterprise with the instruments, insights and partnerships essential to future-proof their operations.”
For her half, Commerce Secretary Cristina Roque stated digital transformation is the federal government’s prime precedence.
“We’re aggressively innovating our merchandise, embracing new instruments and increasing our attain into each native and international markets. We’re additionally working with firms resembling Converge to essentially get this going proper now. We will’t wait any longer,” Roque stated.
