Malaysia
Kein Ai Ng joins TrueMoney Malaysia as Head of Marketing and Partnerships
She was formally from Hong Leong Bank
Achievements include management of a US$4.496 bil portfolio
City University of Hong Kong launches HK Tech 300 Southeast Asia Startup Competition in Malaysia
Vision to make HK Tech 300 biggest uni-based innovation & entrepreneurship program
Commitment to support SEA startups expand to Hong Kong, Mainland China and beyond
Malaysia faces escalating cybersecurity breaches and skills gap: Fortinet Survey
45% of respondents experienced breaches costing over US$1mil in past year
No single org or entity can solve problem alone, vital role for govts to play
Image source: 2023 Fortinet-IDC Asia Pacific SASE Survey
An Expanding Gig Economy: We Have Little Choice But To Deal With The Growing Pains
Low-income & low-skilled gig activities do not add real value to economy
Pikom is confident that various gig issues will be overcome in due time
Google Cloud appoints Patrick Wee as country manager for Malaysia
Brings with him 20 years of experience in technology leadership
Malaysia’s digital economy predicted to be worth US$35bil by 2025
Adyen names Lee Soon Yean as country manager for Malaysia
Was previously the Head Of Account Management for APAC
The company also launched its unified commerce solution in Malaysia
Seeing ourselves as creators, not merely consumers
Malaysia is digitally savvy but startups often find it difficult to thrive
Economy Ministry launches innovation hackathon open to all Malaysians
MDEC launches Digital Content Creators Challenge (DC3) 2023
Funded 372 projects, disbursed US$3.6mil in prize money since 2006
Assist content creators in developing world class digital content and IP
Employers, get comfortable with ‘Career Cushioning’ - it’s what your staff are thinking
Employment has to be seen as a relationship, with trust, with transparency
Bosses should allow open communication and trust into the relationship
Failure to respond to rise in cost-of-living tops EY telecoms risk radar
Security function undermined by weak relationships with wider business
Response to cost-of-living is entrant at No.1 on Top 10 telecoms risk radar
