Details 02 July 2021
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has launched its Go-eCommerce Onboarding and Shop Malaysia Online (SMO) campaigns as part of the Belanjawan 2021 (National Budget) initiatives. MDEC said that as the lead agency, MDEC will execute the campaigns through a public-private co-funding model.
Under Belanjawan 2021, the Malaysian government will inject an incentive package worth RM200 million. It aims to support Malaysian businesses from various sectors to onboard onto eCommerce and ePayment platforms to enhance their sales capability in eCommerce and help boost their sales. Under the SMO campaign, the government will give away incentives such as discounts, rebates and shipping vouchers to the Rakyat to encourage more online purchases from local businesses. A further RM100 million has also been allocated to assist local businesses to onboard onto the eCommerce platform via the Go-eCommerce campaign.
MDEC s #SayaDigital movement aims to benefit 10,000 Malaysians Details 13 April 2021
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has launched the #SayaDigital Movement on a national level. This year s #SayaDigital Movement is said to focus on four components, namely training young people to become “Geng #SayaDigital” volunteers, creating awareness through digital literacy activities, conducting digital readiness assessments, and providing basic digital skills training to the community. The campaign as a whole aims to benefit 10,000 Malaysians in socio-economically vulnerable rungs across the country. To date, MDEC said 25 “Geng #SayaDigital” have already been formed, including those in Sabah and Sarawak to further enhance the programme nationwide.
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