Jocelle Batapa-Sigue is a lawyer, former Philippine Undersecretary for ICT Industry Development, and one of Southeast Asia’s leading voices on digital inclusion, AI governance, and countryside innovation. She co-founded the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines, serves on the ITU Digital Innovation Board, and has spent over 25 years proving that transformative tech ecosystems don’t only grow in capital cities.
An Eisenhower Fellow, Aspen Leadership Fellow, and TOWNS Awardee for ICT, Jocelle brings to Cosmo-Local CNX a rare combination of policy depth, grassroots community-building, and an unwavering belief that innovation belongs everywhere, not just the center.
