THE Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) is always committed to addressing the problems faced by the media industry as many media organisations have been forced to downsize their operations following the spread of COVID-19.Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (picture) said the situation had also forced many media practitioners to accept the fact of being laid off.As the ministry that oversees the media industry, Saifuddin today shared KKMM’s initiatives made available through the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to help the people, especially those laid-off workers, to develop new skills, hence able to find a job and earn income online.Among the initiatives by MDEC are the Global Online Workforce (GLOW) - PENJANA which is a special programme that to help workers and individuals whose income was badly affected by the pandemic.
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is optimistic about the big data analytics (BDA) market growth outlook and the significant digital investment opportunities that it can bring, especially in the data technology and service-related field.
In Malaysia, MDEC commissioned a study by IDC has forecast the BDA market to grow in 2021 from US$1.1 billion (RM4.5 billion) to US$1.9 billion in 2025 with the services sector contributing 64% of the total data-driven spending, while the banking and telecommunications sector contributing nearly a third.
“Covid-19 has been a true game-changer in terms of demand for BDA which is backed by the surging demand for data and cloud services, both accelerating digital transformation and enabling business sustainability,” MDEC investment and brand senior vice president and chief marketing officer Raymond Siva said.
MDEC launches RM100mn training and hiring incentive programme to boost Malaysia s digital economy Details Published: 06 April 2021
More than 300 companies within these sectors are expected to gain from MyDigitalWorkForce Work In Tech, while an estimated 6,000 job opportunities will be created with the aim to produce at least 1,000 quality tech talent.
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has announced the launch of MyDigitalWorkForce Work In Tech (MyWiT), an RM100mn training and hiring incentive programme aimed at boosting the digital business services sector, as well as developing quality tech talent in Malaysia.
This initiative is an extension of the #MyDigitalWorkforce Movement launched last year, to help re-skill and up-skill Malaysians for digital economy jobs.
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AS digital technologies have notably begun to play an even more critical role in the economy, it is increasingly clear that there is a real need to prepare talent – newly graduated or now in the workforce – for digital jobs. More companies are becoming digital by default, with 91% of organisations having to adopt or have plans to become a “digital-first” business strategy.
In fact, an average of US$15.3 million (RM61.85 million) over the next 12 months will be spent on digital initiatives, according to the IDG Digital Business Survey 2019. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has revealed that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) now comprise 48.4% of Malaysia’s employment and another similar report from Huawei revealed how 48% of SMEs recognise the lack digital skills.