In 2011, MDeC’s mandate was broadened by the Prime Minister to include driving Malaysia’s transition towards a developed digital economy by 2020 through Digital Malaysia. In 2012, Digital Malaysia was officially unveiled as the national transformation programme to achieve this aim.
Founded on three strategic thrusts, Digital Malaysia will create an ecosystem that promotes the pervasive use of ICT in all aspects of the economy, connect communities globally and enable them to interact in real time, to increase the country’s Gross National Income, enhance business productivity and improve standards of living.
1. Overview of Digital Malaysia’s 2020 targets :
- 160,000 high value jobs
- 17% contribution to GNI
- Additional 1% GDP contribution by SMEs
- Additional RM7,000 income per annum for 350,000 Citizens from digital income
- IMD World competitiveness scoreboard 2011 of #16 to Top 10 by 2020
- Digital economy rankings 2010 Economist Intelligence Unit of #36 to Top 20 in 2020
2. Digital Malaysia’s achievements in 2012 (end 2012) :
- RM288.01 million contribution to GNI
- Creation of 3,335 jobs in all target segments
3. Digital Malaysia Initiatives :
- Initiative 1 : Tap demand for digital products and services
- Initiative 2 : Increase digital income and unlock entrepreneurship potential for the B40 group
- Initiative 3 : Nurture a new generation of digital savvy youth
- Initiative 4 : Enhance SME productivity
4. Digital Malaysia target groups :
- Digital Entrepreneurs
- B40 communities
- Youth
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
5. Digital Malaysia Projects and 2020 targets :
| No. | Digital Malaysia Projects | GNI Contribution Target by 2020 (RM) | Job Creation Target by 2020 | Investments Target by 2020 (RM) |
| 1 | Asian e-fulfillment Hub | 255 million | 1,622 | 620 million |
| 2 | Enabling e-payment services for SMEs and microenterprises | 5 billion | 2,000 | 600 million |
| 3 | Shared cloud enterprise services | 300.5 million | 1572 | 45.5 million |
| 4 | Develop on demand, customised online education | 265.3 million | 1025 | 39.8 million |
| 5 | Microsourcing to generate income for the B40 | 2.23 billion | 340,000 (microworkers) | 413 million |
| 6 | Facilitating societal upliftment | 70 million | 1400 | 72 million |
| 7 | Grow the embedded systems industry | 7.3 billion | 22,500 | 10.2 billion |
| 8 | Develop a trusted mobile digital wallet system | 783 million | 122 | 23.8 million |
6. Digital Malaysia Projects and 2012 Achievements:
| No. | Digital Malaysia Projects | GNI Contribution Target as of 2013 (RM) | Job Creation | Investments (RM) |
| 1 | Asian e-fulfillment Hub |
– |
65 |
2.0 Mil |
| 2 | Enabling e-payment services for SMEs and microenterprises |
0.42 Mil |
119 |
10.11 Mil |
| 3 | Shared cloud enterprise services |
18.83 Mil
|
125 |
2.71 Mil |
| 4 | Develop on demand, customised online education |
4 Mil |
25 |
6.1 Mil |
| 5 | Microsourcing to generate income for the B40 |
0.32 Mil |
19 |
0.93 Mil |
| 6 | Facilitating societal upliftment |
0.08 Mil |
29 |
1.58 Mil |
| 7 | Grow the embedded systems industry |
264.1 Mil |
2,945 |
254.78 Mil |
| 8 | Develop a trusted mobile digital wallet system |
0.26 Mil
|
8 |
0.29 Mil |
7. Other notable achievements of Digital Malaysia’s projects so far :
- Enabling e-payment services for SMEs and microenterprises
- The project successfully activated 30,000 merchant outlet points
- Develop on demand, customised online education :
- As of December 2012, 520 local books have been digitised from local publishers, such as literature from the National Library and Pelangi Publisher
- Microsourcing to generate income for the B40
- 1,147 members of the B40 community trained for microwork
- 300 members of the B40 community are now generating additional income through digital means
- Value of Income to B40 workers so far : RM100,000
- Facilitating societal upliftment
- Number of B40 profiled : 400,000
- Number of B40 qualified and channelled to specific programmes : 100,000
- Number of volunteers trained : 2,000
- Number of community facilities networked : 200
- Value of private sector contribution in societal development programmes : RM1.5 million
- Introduced the Pilot Project in Pahang and seeing the following progress
- 100,866 B40 profiled
- 486 trained for microwork (is it already 1,000 now as per slide 45)
- Impacted 44 kampung (has it reached 480 kampung as per slide 45)
- 350 volunteers trained (to reach 1,000 by Oct 2013)
- Community English Classes with RM600 k worth of books impacting 10 libraries and 1,000 B40
- Cancer Awareness with Mobile Mammogramme impacting 2,000 B40
- Child Safety Awareness (in collaboration with PDRM Pahang) impacting 10 schools and 4,000 children
- Domestic Management services – training and income opportunities – 50 single mothers helped
- Community Cycling Project in Bera – 500 B40 members impacted
- Grow the embedded systems industry
- Engaged Intel and National Instruments as Technology Partners
- 5 embedded systems projects funded so far and are under the development stage. The approved projects are:
- Syntronic Malaysia Sdn Bhd – electric vehicle infrastructure charging solution
- Select-TV Solutions Sdn Bhd – digital set-top-box
- MDT Innovations Sdn Bhd – embedded wireless sensor system for ubiquitous monitoring for the retail sector
- Archtron R&D Sdn Bhd – digital smart home and security system
- 3ntity Sdn Bhd – digital signage kiosk
- Develop a trusted mobile digital wallet system
- Trusted Mobile Digital Wallet System Framework developed in Feb 2012
- Commercial trial of Mobile Money NFC Wallet platform conducted in March 2012 and successfully concluded in Jun 2012
- Syndication with stakeholders completed