By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Nov 17 — The Selangor government is in talks with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in finding ways to strengthen communication development and services. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the effort is to benefit the people of...

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, Nov 16 — The Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated (MBI) has aimed to achieve four objectives through the state digitalisation initiatives, which was announced in the 2021 Selangor Budget. Its digitalisation chief Kamarul Nizam Kassim said among the objectives...

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, Nov 15 — More than 800,000 people in Selangor were found to be lacking the digital knowledge and have yet to adjust to the growing digitalisation ecosystem. Selangor’s Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) digitalisation chief Kamarul Nizam Kassim said those who...

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, Nov 15 — The digitalisation agenda supported by the Selangor government will be strengthened further to provide assistance for those hit by the Covid-19 outbreak, says Rodziah Ismail. The state executive councillor for entrepreneur development said studies...

SHAH ALAM, Oct 23 — Digitalisation will be the state government’s main focus during the tabling of the 2021 Selangor Budget next week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Industry players are hoping that Budget 2021 will offer more assistance and matching grants, especially those that would support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro SMEs’ (MSMEs) digital adoption, as well as tax waivers to help them ride on the current headwinds.

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, Oct 14 — Digitalisation is the key to re-energise economic activities, which was said to have helped many entrepreneurs and the general public in adjusting with the new normal, says Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. The Selangor Menteri Besar cited the use of...

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim IN recent years the global economic scene has been rapidly moving towards digitalisation. So too, has the state of Selangor. However, Malaysia as a whole is still catching up as the e-commerce and digital marketing ecosystem has yet to develop to reach a competitive...

By Zareef Muzammil AMPANG, Sept 20: The Selangor Information Technology and E-Commerce Council (Sitec) has nurtured more than 90 professional service providers for the digital economy platform since the last two years. State Investment, Industry and Trade, Small and Medium Industries...

By Zareef Muzammil AMPANG, Sept 20: The Selangor Menteri Besar is urging entrepreneurs to start embarking on the digital wave for their businesses and advised that they should not wait any longer to do so. Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the rapid advancement in technological frontiers has...

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, Sept 7 — Malaysia, particularly Selangor, has to focus on producing quality talent pool to be able to compete globally. Founder and group chief executive officer of Aerodyne Group, Kamarul A, said this should be one of the medium-to-long term solutions in new...

SHAH ALAM, Aug 25 — The Covid-19 pandemic that had severely impacted the global social and economic sectors since early this year has driven many countries to embrace the digital platforms, says Dato’ Teng Chang Khim.

By Ashwin Kumar THE Covid-19 pandemic has proven digital transformation to be essential in driving the economy forward. Many businesses, including those in farming and fishery, have moved towards digitalisation and ventured into e-commerce to keep afloat during the movement control order...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Covid-19 has not only accelerated the country's digitalisation agenda but also increased the skills of Malaysians using digital platforms in their day-to-day operations, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economic Affairs) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the retailing world, posing numerous challenges for the e-commerce sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The imposition of the movement control order (MCO) has compelled many industries to leverage technology faster to ensure business sustainability and delivery, according to a study conducted by the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Retailers and wholesalers have shown a promising trend of incorporating the usage of digital and e-commerce into their business plans over the past year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — While digital banks are disruptors relative to traditional banks and will intensify competition, their impact will be limited in the next three years, given the regulatory restrictions on their asset size, that is, not more than RM2 billion, said RAM Rating Sdn Bhd (RAM Ratings).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — Over 70 per cent of Malaysians are supportive for the country to become a cashless society and 62 per cent believe it can be achieved within the next five years, according to Visa Consumer Payments Study.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The government will be announcing a six-month economic recovery plan by the end of this month to resuscitate the country’s economy post-Covid-19.