The March 2020 month-end collection of Malaysian startup news, from Startup News Asia.
Each month, we gather Malaysia’s startup news, along with venture capital funding items and tech news to produce a monthly summary, in this case for March 2020. Items are drawn from our daily news feeds, which collect startup news in Malaysia from online news sources, tech news channels and Malaysia-focused online news services; and each item linked here will take you to the original news source.
- Malaysia: Penang gov’t to roll out $5.5M of 5G demo projects in collaboration with 7 telecom firms, aiming for full 5G connectivity roll-out later this year
- Malaysia: Rural SMEs gain boost with e-commerce hub modernisation funding of $4.72M
- Malaysia: Ministry of Education partners Cybersecurity Malaysia to intro National Cyber Security Awareness Module at 300 primary and secondary schools nationwide
- Malaysia: Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation partners Fintech Association of Malaysia to boost student internship and career opportunities
- Malaysia: Dropee B2B wholesale marketplace selected for Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort
- Malaysian Palm Oil Council and BloomBloc blockchain startup develop app enabling users to trace palm oil throughout entire supply chain
- Grab ride-hailing giant partners Germany’s Wirecard, connecting their payment ecosystems with initial roll-out in Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines
Tech news: By subject
Other subject-specific news from across Asia-Pacific in March 2020:
• Blockchain news across Asia-Pac
• Artificial Intelligence news, Asia
• Cybersecurity and data security news
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