Budget 2023: Fighting Youth Unemployment Through Entrepreneurship

Dr Siti Nurul Munawwarah Roslan, Lecturer, Taylor’s University’s School of Accounting and Finance

24-Feb-23 12:00

Budget 2023: Fighting Youth Unemployment Through Entrepreneurship

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Before Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tables his government’s budget in Parliament, BizBytes focuses on using Budget 2023 to boost youth employment through SMEs and the digital economy with Dr. Siti Nurul Munawwarah Roslan, Lecturer at Taylor’s University’s School of Accounting and Finance.

BizBytes also got into:

-Helping SMEs digitalise

-Looking into alternative data for credit risk assessments

-Helping SMEs offset the cost of going green

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