Malaysia

Malaysia’s CelcomDigi partners with KPJ Healthcare for healthcare tourism with 5G-powered AI and telemedicine solutions

Malaysia-listed telecommunication firm CelcomDigi Berhad, through its Innovation Centre, have entered a strategic partnership with healthcare provider KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ) to advance cross-border access to healthcare through telemedicine.

Malaysia’s Sunway Property partners with SWM Environment for first cloud-based sustainable waste management system in Johor

Sunway City Iskandar Puteri (SCIP), a property development division by Malaysia-based Sunway Property, has partnered Malaysian integrated solid waste management SWM Environment Sdn Bhd for the first cloud-based sustainable waste management system in Johor of Malaysia.

Red Hat honours CIMB Bank Malaysia for pioneering Open Source initiatives

Embodying this year’s theme, “Unlock what’s next”, the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards celebrates customers who have harnessed the power of open source technologies to drive transformation and innovation.

Malaysia launches National AI Office for policy, regulation – report

The government on Thursday also announced strategic partnerships with six companies, including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, which have all announced data center, cloud and AI projects in Malaysia in the past year.

DNeX, Gamuda team up to provide Google distributed cloud services in Malaysia

Malaysia-based firms Gamuda Berhad and Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) have teamed up to provide novel air-gapped Google distributed cloud services (GDC Services) to the public and private sectors in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s SC partners CGC to boost MSME and MTC access to capital market financing

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said Wednesday it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC Group) and CGC Digital Sdn. Bhd. to enhance access for Malaysian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and mid-tier companies (MTC) to capital market financing solutions.

Malaysia’s Gamuda to acquire 20 percent stake in Google cloud partner for $4.07M

Malaysian engineering, property and infrastructure company Gamuda Berhad has announced its strategic plan to acquire a 20 percent stake in Cloud Space Sdn Bhd (Cloud Space), a Google Cloud Premier Partner, for MYR 18 million ($4.07 million).

Malaysia’s TNB partners with Singapore’s Sembcorp Power to advance ASEAN’s renewable energy integration

Malaysia-based utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Singapore’s licensed electricity importer, Sembcorp Power (Sembcorp), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, have advanced regional energy sustainability by signing a renewable energy supply agreement (RESA) on Monday.

Rethinking Venture Capital: How Gobi Partners’ value-driven strategy achieved three exits in one year

Despite headwinds, Gobi Partners saw three of its portfolio startups exit over the last year, generating $350 million in total value with a 20x return on investment. The companies represent diverse sectors and exit strategies: e-commerce enabler Synagistics’ de-SPAC in Hong Kong, Mize’s acquisition by Korea’s Yanolja and Brite Semiconductor’s IPO on the…

Singapore’s HB Global partners HIS to develop AI-powered agriculture and plantation initiatives

Singapore-based frozen food manufacturer HB Global Limited has partnered Malaysian property firm HIS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology agriculture and plantation initiatives in Pahang of Malaysia.