Malaysia

Japanese semiconductor firm Ferrotec Holdings Corporation has broken ground on its second high-tech manufacturing facility at Kulim, Kedah of Malaysia, with an investment of MYR 1 billion ($226 million).

Malaysian social enterprise Pepper Labs has embarked on a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to expand the artificial intelligence (AI) for Malaysia’s Future (AIForMYFuture) initiative, a skilling program designed to democratize AI fluency across Malaysia.

Google has on Tuesday announced the integration of ShopeePay and TNG eWallet (an Alipay+ Partner) with Google Pay in Malaysia, marking Google Pay's first eWallet integrations in Southeast Asia.

Over 4,300 startups onboarded, 17,000 individuals supported, and MYR 100+ million ($22.8 million) in investment secured last year, MYStartup Annual Report 2023/2024 showed Tuesday.

Women-owned businesses, defined as 51 percent owned, managed, and controlled by one or more women, are on the rise, with micro and small women entrepreneurs (MSWEs) make up 21 percent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia, a study by Strive Malaysia showed Tuesday.

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Zhejiang University have recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) to collaborate on digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem and smart cities based on the ‘Zhejiang Model’, a successful digital governance transformation framework.

Stellantis and Leapmotor have marked a pivotal milestone in the region’s electrification journey with the local assembly of Leapmotor vehicles in Malaysia, signaling the start of Leapmotor’s local assembly plans in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s Next Gen 5G network provider U Mobile has entered into a strategic agreement to transfer its merchant acquiring business, GoBiz, to NTT DATA Cardpay, a subsidiary under NTT DATA Payment Services Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as GHL Systems Berhad).

Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Maxis Berhad, have on last Friday led the second instalment of the EmpowerHER Digital Program, a national initiative dedicated to equipping B40 women with critical digital, financial, and entrepreneurial skills to thrive in the…

HealthMetrics, a Malaysia-based digital third-party administrator (TPA), announced the official launch of HealthMetrics Indonesia - uniting the longstanding expertise of Across Asia Assist Indonesia (AAA) with its advanced digital infrastructure to create a single, integrated digital TPA powerhouse poised to transform healthcare administration in Indonesia…