ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and i2M Ventures recently signed a Strategic Partnership to officially seal a collaboration between both parties to create a ready pool of GBS-skilled talents equipped with Global Business Services (GBS) Qualifications and expertise amongst final year students in institutions of higher learning and to promote Iskandar Puteri as a hub for Global Business Services. 

The partnership involves a sponsorship of up to 300 ACCA GBS Diploma by i2M Ventures to nurture talents in support of the growing GBS investment in Iskandar Puteri. 

Malaysia Airports has launched FlyKLIA, an online travel portal which is set to be Malaysia's next level interactive and experience-sharing platform that can serve as a comprehensive tourist guide for visitors to Malaysia. FlyKLIA, was launched at the recent World Routes 2017 – an aviation route and network development forum held in Barcelona, Spain from 23 to 26 September.

 FlyKLIA aims to enhance airport users’ travel experience in Malaysia by creating a platform for both business and leisure travellers to come together and share their experiences. Positioned as a platform for travellers by travellers, users are able to write and read reviews of tourist destinations, learn tips and tricks while travelling and look for places to visit or events to attend.

In line with the Government’s mission of increasing the number of knowledge workers to 35% by 2020, AIMSMET Executive Education Sdn Bhd designed one-of-a-kind programmes in commercial management through life-long learning and practical training for students. At an event in Cyberjaya, AIMSMET, Malaysia and Institute of Commercial Management (ICM, UK) launched ASEAN’s first landmark collaboration for the digital economy. 

Yang Berusaha Mr. Abu Bakar Koyakutty, MATRADE's Senior Director of Exports Promotion and Market Access Division, graced the event with his presence and officially launched the programmes.

TADHack’s recent return to Kuala Lumpur brought 150 participants full of energy and ideas on how programmable telecoms and connectivity services of voice, video and messaging over the internet can be used to enable new business ideas.

Participants were given 48 hours to work with sponsor APIs to ideate and build working prototypes of their solution which could be a business idea and/or a social idea.