Every Filipino should be able to use technology to improve daily life.
Our whole thing
No one left out as society goes digital.
We provide affordable and accessible tech solutions to every Filipino, delivered in a sustainable manner. Through our Smart Barangay initiative, rural communities get reliable power and internet, and the applications that make them useful.
Happening now
- DICT Region 6Wi-Fi for 6 GIDA sites in Panay, funded by DICT Region 6
- National Scout Jamboreesatellite internet and a delegate app for about 40,000
- Camandag and Malangabangsatellite internet pilots with solar backup
- Nueva Valencia, Guimarasmanaged network services
- NEDA Region VIWestern Visayas Investment Guide app
- Brgy Ingay, Leonlast-mile access in Iloilo
Free resource hub
Guides, audits & playbooks
Practical tools for going digital, free for any organisation, from a two-person charity to a growing small business.
Built for
- Barangays and LGUs
- Private CSR programmes
- Universities
- Entrepreneurship organisations
- Grassroots organisations
- Rural communities
Going digital takes more
than a signal.
Digital transformation efforts depend on four things. The communities we serve are often missing more than one: zero internet, poor connectivity, and no access to digital tools and skills.
Reliable power and internet
It starts with access to reliable power and internet. Many remote communities are beyond the reach of fibre and cable, and electricity is costly and unreliable.
Understanding the real needs
Understanding the actual needs of the communities or organisations, before any technology arrives.
Devices, and the skills to use them
Access to tools or devices to harness new technologies, and the digital literacy to put them to work.
Partners in every community
we help connect.
2014We start in Singapore
Incorporated in Singapore on 4 February 2014 as a web, hosting and cloud services shop for small organisations, the ones everyone else considered too small to serve.
2015The Hangar, and the first Certainty
Incubated at NUS Enterprise's The Hangar, we built a shift-scheduling system called Certainty and later scrapped it. The name came back in the 2020s as the second half of DigiHwy Certainty, and in 2016 we launched a procurement marketplace from The Hangar.
2018Malaysia
Emil Ng relocated to Malaysia and hired our first full-time developer, Fakhzan Azwan. The Malaysian tech team started in Petaling Jaya.
2020Social service agencies
During COVID-19, social service agencies became our main focus: emergency tech for a migrant-worker health charity and a free hub for churches going online.
2021Subang Jaya, and dementia care
The Malaysian team moved into our SS15, Subang Jaya office. Our partnership with a national dementia care organisation began: AWS infrastructure, a hotline, case management and a caregiver app.
2023The Philippines
Emil joined DigiHwy in Iloilo, founded in 2021 by Joemer and Teofy Decatoria as IOT Digital Hiway Inc. Satellite internet and solar pilots followed in two island barangays, and in December, internet and a delegate app for a national youth jamboree of about 40,000 delegates.
2024DigiHwy Certainty
In May, the Singapore and Malaysia team and DigiHwy Philippines came together as DigiHwy Certainty. From November, we worked with a green building certification body in Malaysia.
2025JoinNests, and six GIDA sites
JoinNests launched, software for associations built with them rather than at them. In Panay, a regional government programme funded Wi-Fi for six GIDA areas, and we took on a municipal managed network in Guimaras.
TodayOne team, three countries
One team across Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, with the same promise: you own what we build for you, and the price is the price.
3
countries, on
the ground
Singapore
Singpass integration, crisis lines, case management, multilingual portals and web apps for social service agencies, associations and SMEs.
Software & platformsMalaysia
Web and mobile apps, payment rails, internal tools and the IT audits that sometimes talk people out of all three.
Software & advisory, since 2018Philippines
Devices, connectivity and in-person job coaching for rural communities the commercial telcos deprioritised.
Hardware & access
40+ organisations
have trusted us with their mission
Government agencies, universities, businesses and community organisations work alongside us to bring technology and innovation closer to rural Filipinos.
- + barangays, LGUs and community groups across Iloilo, Capiz, Guimaras and Negros Occidental
Every barangay we reach
has an honest story.
From six GIDA locations in Panay to an island barangay off Concepcion and a municipal network in Guimaras. If your community is next, come and tell us about it.
Every Filipino should be able to use technology and innovation
to improve their daily lives.
Emil NgCo-founder & CEO
A suite of services so
no one is left out.
Fully managed internet set-up
Starlink-backed internet for the places fibre and cable never reach.
Network management
Access points that carry the signal across the whole barangay, looked after by us.
Community-driven ownership
Piso-coin vendo machines and vouchers, so the community co-funds its own connection.
Sustainable energy
Solar and backup power, so the connection stays on and the footprint stays small.
Low-connectivity resilient applications
Apps built for patchy signal, so they keep working when the connection does not.
IoT-enabled solutions
Sensors and modules for smart agriculture, disaster relief and real-time communications.
also on the menu
Need software too?
That is the other half of the house.
Our Malaysia and Singapore teams have built help desks, portals, mobile apps, payment rails and cloud set-ups for charities, associations and SMEs alike since 2014, and they make Certainty and JoinNests. If a barangay, LGU or university here needs one, the same engineers build it for you, and the price is the price.
Nurul Huda
Naszrul Azreen
Minnal
Shahzaad
Delivered by our Malaysia and Singapore engineers, who do this every day.
See Certainty and JoinNests- Applications & PortalsWeb and mobile apps, portals and the systems behind them, built around your work.
- Digital InfrastructureServers, networks, cloud hosting and backups, set up properly and looked after.
- Payments & Information PortalsQR payments that reconcile themselves, and multilingual sites your team can update.
- Cloud-Based CommunicationsEmail, domains, cloud calling and helplines in your name, without enterprise bills.
- Digitalisation AdvisoryAn honest look at your systems and a costed plan, even if the answer is build nothing.
- Hardware & Community AccessLaptops, door access and cabling set up and tracked, and a signal where there is none.
★★★★★
“Thank you very much for the great service and in helping us setup our very fast and effective Wifi internet connection in a remote location. May you have more Clients in the future. We are happy to be your reference for your new customers. More power and God bless.”
TamiyaClient · Philippines
Five goals behind
every connection.
- Empowering rural communitiesAccess to modern technology and innovation, reaching further into remote areas where it is limited.
- Bringing economic growth closerTechnology brought close to marginalised communities: zero internet, poor connectivity, no digital tools or skills.
- Promoting affordability and accessibilityTechnology solutions for everyone: flexible ways to pay, and services people with disabilities can use too.
- Fostering sustainabilityRenewable energy and eco-friendly practice, in our work and in the communities we serve.
- Contributing to the UNDP Sustainable Development GoalsOur services aligned with the UNDP goals, with direct and indirect impact.
DigiHwy Certainty PhilippinesIOT Digital Hiway Inc, Iloilo City
People who actually care.
Our CEO, Emil Ng, leads DigiHwy Certainty across the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. Meet the people behind the work.
Meet the crew
Emil NgCo-founder & CEO- +11more good ones
You bring the community.
We'll bring the connection.
We are actively seeking partnerships with passionate local government officials, such as Barangay Captains and City or Municipal Officers, private organisations expanding their CSR initiatives, and universities or entrepreneurship organisations eager to design innovative solutions with our communities. Contact us to find out more.