Malaysia

Principal Asset Management’s Munirah Khairuddin is thinking small, really small
Addressing the ‘artificial sense of financial literacy’ among Malaysians Thinking digital at every customer touch point, fastest way to reach them [Ed: Article has been updated for accuracy.]
42KL students do Malaysia proud, emerging runner-up in global ecological hackathon
No prior knowhow of machine learning but 42KL’s learning model prepared them Only team with more accurate machine learning plankton identification model
TCS Malaysia Expands Jobs Creation and Graduate Training Programme
Listed 400 high-skilled jobs, including cybersecurity specialists, cloud engineers Hired 100 fresh grads across 4 intakes via its Initial Learning Programme during pandemic
Malaysia's Digital Nasional explains process of US$2.6bil 5G award to allay concerns of improper behavior
Responds to mis-informed narratives on social media with detailed selection process Ericsson bid US$168 mil lower than the total cost of ownership of the next closest bid
MDEC launches Go-eCommerce Onboarding and Shop Malaysia Online campaigns to spur businesses
Initiatives, under Belanjawan 2021, aim to benefit 300k local businesses Partners will contribute further US$48.1mil in subsidies, incentives, discounts
DOC2US hits 216k digitally signed e-prescriptions in 12-month period
Recognition from Malaysian Book of Records for two e-prescription categories Playing role in national vaccination drive as Healthcare Organiser at 9 centres
MCMC Chairman: ‘No more Ali-Baba business’
MCMC Chairman, Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi engages in an open and frank discussion on Ministrial Orders, the end of the 'Ali-Baba' game and symmetry among smaller players.
Fully sponsored Data Star programme sees 85% employment: CADS
Two-month programme of intensive data science enablement training and mentorship Aims at making Malaysia a robust data-driven nation, support MyDigital goals  
Malaysia's Digital Nasional appoints Morten Lundal, Lim Tau Kien as new board members, joining 4 existing ones
Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), a Special Purpose Vehicle wholly owned by the Ministry of Finance to build, own and operate Malaysia’s 5G infrastructure, announced the appointments of telecommunication veteran Morten Lundal and Lim Tau Kien as its independent non-executive directors.
How to build the vaccine registration system – Don’t!
Eliminate need to register online, eliminate problems with online registration system Redistribute load - open registration by criterion ie age, sex, geography, last 4-digits of IC
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