Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) today announced a strategic partnership with 17 Southeast Asian entrepreneurship community builders; together with MaGIC these partners will form ASEAN Activate, an extension of the MaGIC Activate platform at a regional level. 

ASEAN Activate is a new initiative from MaGIC’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility (CER) arm that aims to create a concerted effort in helping Southeast Asia drive its innovation agenda forward. It aims to do so in four key ways: establishing a regional CER network; facilitating cross-border partnerships and deals; providing a regional market access for entrepreneurs and startups; and fostering a united ASEAN innovation ecosystem. 

AirAsia continues to widen the ASEAN connectivity with the inaugural flight of its 54th unique route to Nha Trang, Vietnam that flies daily directly from Kuala Lumpur. The maiden flight also marked another milestone for the carrier as AirAsia is the first airline to operate direct flights to Nha Trang from Malaysia. 

The inaugural flight recorded a positive flight load of 93%. A grand receiving ceremony was held at the Cam Ranh International Airport to celebrate the arrival of flight AK204 in Nha Trang. Upon arrival, the aircraft was greeted with a water cannon salute. Guests on board the inaugural flight included Dato’ Fam Lee Ee, Board of Directors for AirAsia Berhad; Spencer Lee, Head of Commercial for AirAsia Berhad; as well as group of Malaysians, Australian and Singaporean media who participated in a familiarisation trip to explore the ASEAN treasure of Nha Trang. 

Smart entrepreneurship, social community and big data were the key topics driving the Exact Hackathon held at the Exact Asia Development Centre (ADC) recently, bringing together eight teams of students from six institutions of higher learning in Malaysia and with the support of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC).

Held from 13 to 15 September 2017, the challenge which involved 48 hours of continuous hacking, was part of the second annual Exact Global Hackathon that took place simultaneously in five different locations (Delft, Dublin, Kiev, Kuala Lumpur and Minneapolis) around the world.  

CIMB Group announced that the CIMB ASEAN Stock Challenge has returned for the eighth year for undergraduate teams from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Brunei, which is a new country added for this year. 

The competition would challenge students to demonstrate their investment and analytical skills by trading with US$80,000 of virtual start-up capital across five major stock exchanges in the region i.e. Bursa Malaysia, Indonesia Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange, the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Regional Champion will be crowned at the Grand Finale, to be held at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta. A total of US$40,000 in prize money will be awarded to the winners of the National and Regional Rounds of the competition. The Regional Champion team will also be awarded a study trip to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.