The Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) is an international Awards Program initiated by the Multimedia Development Corporation of Malaysia to increase ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the Digital Divide.
By providing networking and product benchmarking opportunities to ICT innovators and entrepreneurs in the region, the program is designed to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity, promote economic and trade relations, facilitate technology transfer, and offer business matching opportunities via exposure to venture capitalists and investors.

Participants of the Awards Program comprise members of the APICTA Network. They are guided by the Framework of Cooperation identifying how member-economies can work together in support of the Awards Program as well as other programs that foster development and growth of the ICT industry in the region. Its 15 member-economies include Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand,Vietnam.

APICTA member-economies take turns in hosting the annual Awards Program, which is won through a bidding process. Meanwhile, nominees to the different awards are presented to APICTA by the respective economy coordinator and assessed by a panel of judges representing every member-economy. The first two APICTA Awards were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2001 and 2002 while the third was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2003. The forth year of the Awards was held in Hong Kong on 8-11 December 2004. The fifth year of the Award was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in December 2005. This year Awards was held in Macau, S.A.R from November 2-5, 2006.