Touch ‘n Go eWallet calls for ideas in entrepreneurship challenge
By Digital News Asia June 23, 2022
- Will run until July 23, opened to students aged 25 below
- Provides a platform to innovate, foster entrepreneurial skills
Touch ‘n Go eWallet is seeking young fresh minds in Malaysia to provide their most innovative ideas in the Touch ‘n Go eWallet Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022.
In a statement, the company said the Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 provides students with a platform to experience, innovate and foster their entrepreneurial skills within the eWallet industry.
Running until July 23, the company said full-time students aged 25-years-old and below are encouraged to participate.
The challenge is to submit a pitch deck on their most innovative ideas on how Touch ‘n Go eWallet can continue to increase enjoyment while encouraging continuous usage of the eWallet among Malaysians, it said.
Alan Ni, chief executive officer of TNG Digital said sometimes, great and innovative ideas come from outside.
“We believe there are many young fresh minds in Malaysia who have great innovative ideas that the eWallet can leverage on.
“The Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 aims to provide students specifically with a platform where they can channel their most innovative ideas within the eWallet industry and make them a reality,” said Ni.
Whether it’s in the area of improvement in terms of application planning, transaction methods, products and services, user adoption, gamification, loyalty programme, etc, the challenge is open for students to pitch, the company said.
“The mission is to encourage and foster Malaysian students, who are the country’s most important resource for the future, to show us what they have to do to make Touch ‘n Go eWallet the go-to cashless payment of choice in Malaysia,” said Ni.
The challenge is opened to individual and/ or team participation.
The pitch decks with the most innovative ideas will be selected to present in a professional setting and stand a chance to win prizes worth up to US$2,700 (RM10,000) Touch ‘n Go eWallet credit and vouchers worth up to US$227 (RM1,000).
Interested parties are required to submit a six-page pitch deck to [email protected] by July 23 to participate.
Click here for more information and updates about the Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022.
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