KUALA LUMPUR – The Communications and Digital Ministry will improve the Digital Economy Centres (PEDi) to achieve its target of boosting young entrepreneurs’ participation in the digital economy.
Minister Fahmi Fadzil said PEDi is a grassroots-level catalyst for the digital economy and a platform to encourage people to generate income locally.
“We want more young people, especially men, because (now) we can see many women entrepreneurs.
“I want to show that to be involved in the digital economy, we don’t have to leave our hometown because we can get benefits and good income wherever we are,” he said when met at a booth set up by his ministry in conjunction with the Madani Government One-Year Anniversary Programme at the grounds of the Bukit Jalil National Stadium here today.
Fahmi was previously reported as saying the government is targeting 10,000 digital economy entrepreneurs nationwide through the PEDi initiative next year.
PEDi is an initiative by the communications ministry through the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation as well as telecommunications service providers that provides opportunities for local communities to empower digital skills and generate income through e-commerce platforms.
Earlier, Fahmi, who was accompanied by his ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa, also spent time visiting the booth set up by Bernama, Malaysia’s national news agency.
Fahmi said visitors can take the opportunity to increase their knowledge about the role and services of ministries and agencies, and visit the Madani Mega Sales programme including Rahmah Sales and Madani Agro Sales.
The three-day programme to mark the Madani government’s first anniversary of helming Putrajaya, held from 9am to 10pm daily, focuses on three components: the Madani Government’s One Year Achievement Showcase, the people’s touch point services and the People’s Well-being Initiatives. – December 9, 2023