Digital Literacy
SOLS Foundation inclusion work gets boost from Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator recognition
US$100k for scaling Skills Hub platform, US$100k worth of devices from HP
Run workshops in 12 Orang Asli villages, touch 10k graduates for Skills Hub
Grab, Microsoft to upskill Malaysian drivers, delivery partners
Grab and Microsoft announce partnership in Malaysia with training and development programmes designed to empower driver and delivery partners with digital skills.
Cybersecurity savviness: Malaysians fare badly in 16-country Kaspersky survey
As part of its Digital Literacy Survey, the company surveyed the cyber savviness of more than 18, 000 users from 16 countries worldwide to find out how they behave on the Internet and how risky their online habits are, and Malaysians did not fare well at all.
Digital fluency and the gender gap
If women become fluent users of technology, Malaysia could achieve gender equality in the workplace by as early as 2060, according to consulting firm Accenture.
Industrial IoT can boost economy, but under risk: Accenture
At a time of uncertain economic growth, the Industrial Internet of Things could contribute US$14.2 trillion to world output by 2030, according to new research by Accenture – but these potential gains are at risk because neither companies nor governments are taking sufficient action to put in place the conditions necessary for the wide adoption of new digital technologies.
Intel Malaysia, Youth Ministry in digital literacy and entrepreneurial skills drive
Intel Malaysia and the Ministry of Youth and Sports have announced plans to provide youth with the digital literacy skills required for they said were the “development of and effective participation in a knowledge-based society.”
