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Digital News Asia Roundup - 1st November 2018

Chong Jinn Xiung | Kiranjit Kaur | Karamjit Singh

01-Nov-18 10:00

Digital News Asia Roundup - 1st November 2018

On this episode of Digital News Asia roundup, Jinn talks about the record breaking Level Up KL 2018 and RinggitPlus’ shocking survey about Malaysians low financial literacy. Kiran covered a few events, one of which was the launch of Sunway iLabs Makerspace to help promote design thinking and Asia Pacific University’s Cyber Security Talent Zone. And Karamjit speaks to Dr Sivapalan of Malaysian Business Angel Network (MBAN) about the state of VC in Malaysia.

0:19.560 - Level Up Kl 2018 Charts New Course For Southeast Asia's Games Market

6:32.085 - Flower Chimp: On The Path To Regional Expansion

11:11.264 - Ringgitplus Survey Highlights Shockingly Low Financial Literacy Rate Among Malaysians

13:21.716 - Corporates Eager To Adopt Digital Mindset, Agile Structure

19:00.763 - Asia Pacific University Addresses Huge Vacuum For Cybersecurity Talent

20:50.412 - Innovating For The Greater Good While Raking In Riches

25:43.198 - Makerspace Movement Gets Further Boost From Sunway Ilabs Launch

33:13.986 - What Ails Venture Capital In Malaysia And Why Consolidation Is Not The Answer

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu

Presented by: Freda Liu


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Categories:  TechnologyTechMedical Innovation and TechnologyPersonal DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Tags:  digital news asiaLevel Up KLFlower ChimpringgitpluspetronascybersecuritytalentsunwayiLabsmakerspaceventure capitalMBAN





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