The Digital Economy Accelerator (DEA) is a 3-stage programme that empowers local designpreneurs to establish their digital presence to scale up their local businesses, as well as gaining insights and entrance to the Greater China and global markets. It also encourages greater innovation and collaboration in the community with a comprehensive network of leading digital experts and local designpreneurs from different disciplines.
Participating designpreneurs will get exclusive opportunities to learn from industry leaders and explore a wide range of business topics, such as digital entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and strategic business plan development. They will also have the chance to apply the knowledge they acquire to enhance their brand's presence in the digital landscape.
Launched by Hong Kong Design Centre and sponsored by Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), formerly known as Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (CreateHK), DEA offers professional training, mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities that aim to raise the benchmark of the local design industry with a digital focus.
A non-governmental organisation registered in 2001 and established in 2002, Hong Kong Design Centre is a strategic partner of the Hong Kong SAR Government in advancing Hong Kong as an international centre of design excellence in Asia.
Our public mission is to promote wider and strategic use of design and design thinking to create business value and improve societal well-being.
Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.
The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) established in June 2024, formerly known as Create Hong Kong (CreateHK), is a dedicated office set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau to provide one-stop services and support to the cultural and creative industries with a mission to foster a conducive environment in Hong Kong to facilitate the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, promoting the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries under the industry-oriented principle, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community to implement Hong Kong’s positioning as the East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the National 14th Five-Year Plan.
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