KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — A total of 1,417 entrepreneurs with disabilities (OKU) received RM15.8 million in funding from Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usaha Niaga (Tekun) Nasional from 2012 until last year, the Dewan Negara was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Agencies under the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) have provided various assistance and financing initiatives without collateral to help women and youth entrepreneurs, including young people, to start and expand businesses, said Entrepreneur Development and the Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick.

JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 15 — The government has approved an additional allocation of RM200 million to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) as well as the informal sector that has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and floods.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced that the Economic Action Council (EAC) meeting has in principle agreed to consider aid in the form of special grants to ease the burden borne by micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) and informal entrepreneurs affected by the floods in addition to financial assistance provided by government agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — SME Bank is deferring payment for six months for 59 flood victims involving a financing value of RM146 million under the SME Bank flood relief programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) has decided to provide a moratorium to flood-affected micro and informal entrepreneurs who are financed by its agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) will soon establish a university of cooperatives and entrepreneurship to provide a new line-up of professionals to handle cooperatives management in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Institut Keusahawanan Negara Bhd (INSKEN) targets to train 15,000 entrepreneurs from all over the country via 336 entrepreneurship training programmes this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — SME Bank Malaysia is offering six-month automatic moratorium assistance to all customers affected by the current flood situation.

KUCHING, Dec 27 — The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry (Medac) is cooperating with several other ministries to encourage the participation of youths in the agriculture industry to strengthen the country’s food security.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 13 — The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) is optimistic of assisting some 25,000 small businesses nationwide to go digital within one to two years as a vital move to ensure their survival in the post Covid-19 era.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 10 — Malaysia today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to promote cooperation among small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — Cooperatives in the country successfully generated RM45.7 billion in earnings as at December 31, 2019, said Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac), Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) is confident the target of 50 per cent contribution of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to the gross domestic product (GDP) under the National Entrepreneurship Policy (NEP) can be achieved by 2030.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Nov 19 — Tekun Nasional has provided financing amounting to RM557.3 million for  49,901 entrepreneurs nationwide as of October this year, said Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) will extend the “Penjana Komuniti@SME Bank” programme nationwide next year and increase the number of participants to 150 B40 entrepreneurs from various backgrounds.