Angie Tham

Urban traffic in the Philippines has become untenable. However, counterintuitively, brilliant ideas and practical solutions are often met with opposition. Game changers are not always welcome and, in this case, even referred to as “persona non grata”. This is the story of motorcycle ride-sharing business, Angkas, and its 38-year-old founder, Angie Tham. It was in 2017 when the Manila-based, Singaporean entrepreneur came up with the idea after being stuck in a six-hour gridlock. Since its conception operations in Manila, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro while looking to further expand nationally. The road to success continues to be bumpy, but Tham rides on “taking things one step at a time and approaching each setback as a challenge in which to find a solution.”