KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Lazada Malaysia and the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) are accelerating digitalisation among the local farmers and the overall agricultural sector through the Onboarding of Agrofood Products on eCommerce Platform programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) hopes the government will decide to restore the cabotage exemption at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) has announced two funding facilitation initiatives for 2021, namely Founders Grindstone, a capacity-building programme for startups, and Investor Matching, which aims to match startups with venture capitals (VCs).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The digital economy's contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will easily reach 20 per cent by year-end from 19.1 per cent in the current Covid-19 pandemic environment, said Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Malaysia can leverage much of the cumulative intellectual property it has developed in Islamic finance, oil and gas services, tourism and industrial agriculture to support innovative new business models, particularly in digital startups.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has recently launched its Alternative Funding Programme for 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation’s (MDEC) expectation to hit 20 per cent growth in e-commerce contribution to the digital economy can be achieved as the Covid-19 pandemic has given a huge boost to digital adoption among entrepreneurs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will continue to expand its developmental programmes and plans to help workers acquire skills for the digital transition.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Japanese tech investors in Malaysia held talks on Wednesday in a virtual roundtable chat to bolster confidence in the nation's digital investment.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is undertaking a major organisational restructuring to reinvent its role as the leader of Malaysia’s digital economy and ensures it benefits the many.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will intensify its outreach programmes and field research work to develop the best solutions that will help Malaysians and businesses to take on the current Covid-19 challenges.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will kick off the month-long Malaysia Tech Month 2020 (MTM 2020) on November 10 to showcase the nation’s robust and versatile digital and technology ecosystem and the success of its innovative companies.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — The Covid-19 pandemic is not the first nor will it be the last major disruption to business but by adopting e-commerce, micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and local entrepreneurs can better weather any economic upheaval and come out unscathed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has introduced a Digital Skills Training Directory during its recent #MyDigitalWorkforce Week, an initiative to assist youth job-seekers and the unemployed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Level Up KL, Southeast Asia’s (SEA) premier digital games festival is set to propel the region’s video games sector onto the global stage through virtual games conferences and showcases, from October 10 until November 22, this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Malaysia could become a world pioneer in Islamic financial technology (fintech) as the country is already a world leader in the Islamic finance sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 —The National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) Shop Malaysia Online initiative has helped local retailers and traders generate more than RM400 million in sales via various e-commerce platforms, according to the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC).

CYBERJAYA, Sept 2 — Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) especially in the rural and suburban areas will soon be able to secure loans from banks and be exposed to e-commerce with the roll-out of Malaysia’s digital economy initiative.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) hopes that more gig employees will benefit from social safety protection, through the matching grant for gig economy platforms under the Penjana Economic Recovery Plan (PenjanaGig), opened for registration from yesterday until December 31, 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is expecting a 20 per cent growth in e-commerce contribution to the digital economy this year despite the enforced movement control order (MCO).