Reboot: How the Anwar Ibrahim Government Can Jumpstart Malaysia’s Startup Ecosystem Pt2

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kk Funding: Fuel For The Fire
After presenting our nine recommendations across the talent and market access areas, we conclude with our recommendations around funding – where the rubber really meets the road. 
If we want our companies to be competitive with their regional counterparts we can’t handicap them and hope they…Continue Reading

Reboot: How the Anwar Ibrahim government can jumpstart Malaysia’s Startup Ecosystem 

  Tap brightest of the over 100k international students in Malaysia 
Encourage use of Malaysian solutions & spark virtuous cycle of innovation As we move in various circles both locally and when we travel abroad, one theme seems to commonly surface – the Malaysian startup ecosystem is lagging behind. Yes, we’ve had…Continue Reading

 Volvo Cars Malaysia to export EVs to Vietnam, Philippines as part of efforts to turn Malaysia into ASEAN EV hub

Aims for 75% of all Malaysian sales to be EVs by 2025
Auto industry awaits more good news from Budget 2023 Volvo Cars Malaysia (VCM), recently announced its ambition of turning Malaysia into an electric vehicle (EV) hub for the ASEAN market with its plan for exporting locally assembled EVs into Vietnam…Continue Reading

With a new CEO, Courtsite tries again to make a dent as a sports facilities booking app

Simplifies process of finding & reserving sports facilities for users
Solution designed to help venue operators streamline booking processes Businesses making changes to adapt to new market dynamics because of the Covid-19 pandemic are not uncommon. However, Joey Ng, Ian Lai and Aaron Sheah, who founded the sports facility management and booking…Continue Reading

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Series Is Coming Soon to Malaysia

The Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 200MP camera
Pre-order before 23 February and get a storage upgrade Samsung Electronics recently revealed the Galaxy S23 series of devices: the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 along with pre-order prices and promotions for Malaysia, although no release date has been announced.
 
Best one out of…Continue Reading

PLUS Picks Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications As Its Cloud Solution

Will consolidate PLUS Malaysia’s 37 years of legacy applications
New solution will be used to tackle finance and HR applications first  PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS Malaysia), an expressway service provider, has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to manage its finance and…Continue Reading

EY should just drop its Woman Entrepreneur category

Entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth, impact are not gendered qualities
Those invited to judge can help make point by refusing to judge the category The EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 Malaysia awards were held on 13th January this year. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. Thirteen entrepreneurs were vying for the…Continue Reading

MDEC Identifies 5 Plausible Future Trends of E-Commerce

Ubiquitous marketplace with personalised commerce, precise delivery network, and metaverse
Looking beyond 5G as rules of engagement shifts and consumer wants convenience E-commerce has exploded exponentially, especially in the recent few years.
 
The Department of Statistics Malaysia, DOSM, reported that Malaysia’s income on e-Commerce transactions surpassed the US$232.188 billion (RM1 trillion) mark for…Continue Reading