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ICT Davao Road Map To 2030


Davao’s Next Chapter

From a service economy to a digital production economy


For twenty years, Davao’s talent has helped build a digital economy. The next five years will decide whether that talent builds Davao’s digital industry. The ICT Davao Roadmap 2026–2030 sets out a path to position Davao as the Philippines’ next Digital Manufacturing and Business Continuity Hub. Not by abandoning what built us. By building on it.

Let’s not dress this up

Industry says our people are being outpaced in AI, cybersecurity, cloud and software engineering faster than we can retrain them.

Academe says our classrooms are still built for yesterday’s jobs, not tomorrow’s.

Government says other cities and countries are investing harder and faster for the talent Davao has spent twenty years building.

And MSMEs—the overwhelming majority of businesses—say digital transformation still feels out of reach: the skills, the capital and the know-how to know where to start.

Nearly half of today’s ICT jobs will be transformed by AI within this decade. An estimated 45–50% of ICT roles are highly impacted through task-level transformation.


Davao has answered hard truths before

Davao has heard hard truths before—and answered them with proof, not panic.

Twenty years ago, few believed this region could compete on the global stage. Today, 80,000 Filipinos build careers here. Davao stands among only six IT-BPM Centers of Excellence in the Philippines.

That is not luck. It is what happens when government, industry, academe and MSMEs move as one.

The roadmap: five pillars in action

One Council

Unite government, industry, academe and community under a single digital agenda

A verified workforce

Put 150,000 Filipinos on a verified workforce pathway, with 25,000 credentials employers can trust.

Digital exports and investment

Reach ₱20–40 billion in digital exports and bring 200 technology companies to Davao.

A roadmap built to outlast

Build a roadmap that can outlast any single leader or budget cycle.

From services to solutions

Develop 15,000 product engineers and move from services to solutions made in Davao, for the world.

A declaration for Davao

This is bigger than one organization, one industry or one plan. It is a declaration from government, industry, academe, MSMEs and every worker willing to keep learning.

This is Davao’s next chapter—and every one of us is already writing it.