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About ASCEND Tech for Good Scheme
ASCEND (Advancing Social innovation through Collaborative Enterprise for Next-gen Digital inclusion) is a 3-year initiative empowering youth-led startups to develop sustainable business models addressing digital equity issues in smart city development. Organised by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Jockey Club Design Institute of Social Innovation and the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office, ASCEND is funded by The Smart Teens Actions of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (HKJC).
How ASCEND Provides Support
Through strategic incubation, ASCEND helps startups develop user-centric technologies and digital literacy programmes that enable digitally-deprived groups with competences to thrive in increasingly connected world. By combining innovative solutions with digital life skill training, ASCEND enables social and economic participations among digitally marginalised communities. As a cornerstone of HKJC’s ‘Smart Teens Actions’, ASCEND cultivates inclusive tech leaders shaping Hong Kong’s equitable smart city future.
Expert Mentorship
Access guidance and network from industry leaders.
Develop solutions for digital equity.
Drive social and economic participation.
Tech for Good
Bridge the Digital Divided
5 Key Aspects of Social and Economic Participation
Social Networking
Enhancing online communication skills and digital citizenship
Healthcare
Improving access to digital health resources and telemedicine services
Food & Groceries
Facilitating online grocery shopping and nutrition information access
Transportation
Promoting digital solutions for efficient and accessible transportation services
Leisure & Sports
Promoting wellbeing
and health
