Author: Dzof Azmi

Bitcoin mining: China's loss is Malaysia's gain (and TNB's loss)
Shutdown of Chinese miners means Bitcoin block mining is now 30% easier. 2021 Cambridge uni study pegs Malaysia as 6th ranked country in mining
AI: An opportunity for Malaysia to catch up, or slip behind?
AI Roadmap, and clear job opportunities show way forward Slow adoption of IR4.0 expected to get boost from National IR4.0 policy
NTT: Malaysia as data center hub has all the ingredients bar connectivity costs
Malaysia has long had all the ingredients to be an ASEAN data centre hub but loses ouy on a key ingredient which is connectivity, which is very, very cheap in Singapore says Henrick Choo of NTT Ltd Malaysia.
FIKRA: Malaysia's idea to accelerate Islamic fintech
Applications open, solutions demonstrated at SCxSC conference 2021 Despite projected US$4 tril Islamic finance assets, only 400 Islamic fintechs
WhatsApp with data privacy?
Rescinds ultimatum related to terms of service after public outcry "Data protection laws still playing catch up", common middle ground
For Petronas, digital transformation targets their own people first
Upskilling to a ‘Digital Democracy’ where everybody can affect change Velocity of change underpinned by digital is ‘at the peak’ for energy industry
Digerati50: ‘I have never had fear’
Khairuddin Rahman walks very thin line between bravery & stupidity Leveraging nearly 25 years of experience with satellite technology
Digerati50: Helping fashion retailers keep up with the trend
A go-getter who chased down a leading VC, Khailee Ng, and convinced him to fork out US$400k in 2013, Kendrick Wong is taking a measured approach to growing his fashion analytics startup, Omnilytics.
Touch 'n Go steps into online finance with GO+, with more to come
Targets 1 mil GO+ users by end 2021, complement 15 mil existing users Three specific areas identified for future products including personal lending
Digerati50: From selling videos at a night market to selling services across 33 countries
Time and commitment needed to break into overseas markets Benefited greatly from programmes such as MDEC's GAIN, Matrade's MDG
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