Improved policies for digital inclusion and governance are needed to further Malaysia’s digital transformation journey, according to Khazanah Research Institute’s (KRI) latest book, #NetworkedNation: Navigating Challenges, Realising Opportunities of Digital Transformation, released on its website recently. This book is a revised compilation of KRI’s published papers on digital policy issues from September 2020 to April […]
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Fave, Southeast Asia’s fast-growing fintech company, has launched its “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service in Singapore and Malaysia, providing over 6 million Fave users with instant access to interest-free credit to be used at over 40,000 stores as a pilot. The service is available on the Fave app for iOS users today, followed by […]
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The Corporate Accelerator Program by NEXEA is a leading accelerator program for startups & scaleups in Malaysia, is now open to all Malaysian-based technology startups & scaleups to participate. This year, the Corporate Accelerator Program is held in collaboration with co-organisers: NEXEA, Malaysian Global and Innovation Centre (MaGIC), MBAN, MDEC and Amazon Web Services (AWS), […]
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In a follow-up to the tripartite partnership announced last June by Cuscapi, Presto and Hungry to offer a fully integrated and digitalized order-to-delivery solution to help boost the local Food and Beverage (F&B) industry in these unprecedented times, the three parties have now joined forces with GF Ghost Kitchen (GFGK), to not only offer customers […]
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Regional venture capital firm Gobi Partners and Sunway Group, one of Malaysia’s largest conglomerates, hosted a luncheon today to announce four winners of the SuperSeed II Championship, a virtual pitching competition that was held from May to August of this year. In attendance at the event were Sunway Group President Tan Sri Chew Chee Kin, […]
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The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is reinvigorating the nation’s push towards a digital-first future with the upcoming launch of its inaugural SME Digital Summit. This exciting virtual platform will empower small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to take the digital leap by cultivating a digital transformation mindset among these businesses and enabling them to accelerate […]
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The degree you obtain during your time in university is supposed to equip you with all the skills and perspectives you need to survive and ultimately, excel, in the working world. However, it has become abundantly clear that there exists a gap between the expectations of the employment sector and the understanding of the industry […]
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Malaysian brands have also become part of our local hero as support and aid surmount to millions during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey run by Vase.ai involving a thousand eighty-three Malaysians throughout the country reflect the top 10 brands consumers take notice of during these challenging times. In an open-ended question,1,083 Malaysians were asked […]
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Digi and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) today announced its Business Continuity Digitalisation (BCD) Programme aimed at helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) mitigate the impact of Covid-19 by leveraging digital opportunities. With a series of activities in the pipeline taking place throughout the year, the BCD Programme will focus on equipping SMEs with […]
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The COVID-19 outbreak has left no stone unturned. Every sector must now scramble to adapt to the change introduced by the pandemic, and shift marketing plans to take on the ‘new normal’? the property industry is no different. With the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO), reports have suggested that property prices could decline […]
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