Digital Village Accelerator (DIVA)
Malaysia
Digital Village Accelerator (DIVA) is a flagship program under the Sarawak Digital and Innovation Ecosystem, targeting local startups to accelerate their growth and maturity with emphasis on increased revenue generation, market expansion and investment potential. It provides participants with a platform contributing to the growth of the state's digital and innovation ecosystem. With more than 190 startup applications, DiVA fosters a robust innovation community in Sarawak that drives the growth of digital technology and creative industries. The programme supports entrepreneurs and tech startups in Sarawak by offering essential resources for nurturing their innovative capacity.
Lead (category)
Government agency
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad (“SDEC”)
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Agritech, startup or SMEs capacity and enabling services
Technology-neutral supporting services (incubation, finance, training, etc)
ICT products/solutions and services by category
Digital Social Services (Education, Health, Skills)
Digital Agriculture
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad (“SDEC”) was incorporated on 22nd January 2018, and operationalised in July 2020, as a company wholly-owned by the Sarawak Government through State Financial Secretary Inc. under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
DI ICT-deliverables format
Interactive data exchanges
Precision agriculture
Digital education
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Agribusiness / private organization
SMEs / agreprenuers
Startups
Government
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully functional. Institutional-governance structure in place
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
Regional
Sarawak State in Malaysia
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution