Najib Razak
GECommunity 2016 sparks new connections & partnerships
More than 5,000 entrepreneurs, innovators, industry leaders, and ecosystem influencers from around the world participated in the inaugural GECommunity 2016.
Bold Initiatives in the Malaysia 2017 Budget
IDC Malaysia believes the 2017 Malaysia Budget recently announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak was an incremental step in achieving Malaysia’s vision of a fully connected digital economy.
Budget 2017: Good news for broadband users, entrepreneurs, digital economy and more
Broadband service providers will offer services at a higher speed for same price
Plan to introduce the first Digital Free Zone in the world
Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak (third from left) before tabling the Budget 2017 in the parliament
Week in Review: Should the CEO be a chief pivoting officer?
Patrick Grove’s Wild Digital and its stellar cast of speakers captures the attention of Karamjit Singh, would like to see competitors to some of Grove’s businesses invited next year as well as some of the giant Chinese and Indian startups.
Malaysian PM announces blue ocean competition
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has officially launched the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) Competition, which seeks to discover creative and innovative ideas for the business, social or public sector spaces.
Censorship in Malaysia: Expect the walls to close in further
Malaysians should be very concerned with the increased cases of Internet censorship by the Government in recent months, signalling worse days ahead for freedom of expression and information in the country, CIJ warns.
Malaysian telcos in the dark as govt reallocates spectrum
After first announcing an auction for spectrum, the Malaysian Government did a U-turn and allocated spectrum anyway, saying it would impose yet-to-be-named upfront fees. Stymied? So’s the industry.
Spurned by Medium, MCMC strikes back, users suffer
Blog-publishing Medium has been blocked in Malaysia, a sign that the country is not quite ready for the bigger world out there, writes A. Asohan.
Mavcap budget to be slashed, looks to private sector
The Malaysian Government’s VC arm Mavcap may see its allocation for investments reduced by as much as half, said its CEO.
Cheryl Yeoh leaves, MaGIC on quest for new CEO
MaGIC CEO Cheryl Yeoh is leaving, and the Malaysian Government has engaged a head-hunting agency to find a replacement.
