KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 (Bernama) -- Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is
collaborating with Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and
StartupMalaysia.org to introduce the first Digital Malaysia Corporate
Accelerator programme aimed at producing more technopreneurs.
Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsbusiness.php?id=706378
Published: November 02, 2012
TM group Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said
the partnership programme is in line with Digital Malaysia's Tapping the
Global Demand initiatives, aimed at inspiring Malaysians to become a
new class of digital entrepreneurs.
He said the programme will provide the necessary platform for Malaysian
entrepreneurs to become global icons in their own right.
"Being the market leader for the Small and Medium Enterprise market, I
believe that we can bring great value to the five best solutions that
will be adopted under the Corporate Accelerator Programme," he told
reporters after the launch of the programme by Deputy Higher Education
Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah here Thursday.
He also urged more participants to take part in the programme, saying
they will benefit from its various talks as well as mentoring and
networking sessions.
"TM will also take on board the five finalist's products and services
and provide them with the relevant market access," he said.
The programme is a tripartite collaboration that brings together TM's
industry and market demand knowledge, StartupMalaysia.org's global
mentoring and networks expertise and also MDeC's platform in developing
digital entrepreneurs via its incubation and entrepreneurship initiative
to address gaps in Malaysia's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
MDeC Chief Executive Officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said entrepreneurs
will be given access to industry knowledge, market validation and
distribution channels to raise their game and capture the demand for
digital products and services.
"I'm confident that the fostering of our partnership with TM and
StartupMalaysia.org will help accelerate the growth trajectory of
Malaysian digital entrepreneurs," he said.
He said the programme will select the five best solutions in line with
TM's business requirements, and they will be placed in a three-month
accelerator programme under the guidance of global mentors at the MSC
Malaysia Technology Commercialisation Centre in Cyberjaya.
Moving forward, the long-term goal is to build an effective pipeline to
catalyse 4,000 digital entrepreneurs by 2020 with global mentors under
the Digital Malaysia programme, he added.
Badlisham said the programme will also serve as a prelude to larger
scale Digital Accelerator programmes to be introduced next year.
-- BERNAMA
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