Author: Marie Jones

Central Global Berhad’s (Central Global or Company) wholly-owned subsidiary, Central Global Technology Sdn. Bhd. (CGTSB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Smart Sabah Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (Smart Sabah) to discuss the set-up of a joint venture (JV) for the construction of a dashboard for Sabah’s Ministry of Finance. The MoU, which is valid for six months from the signing, will be the framework from which CGTSB and Smart Sabah explore collaboration leading to a JV for the dashboard’s planning, design, development, implementation and maintenance. Central Global is a producer of industrial masking tapes and label stocks as well…

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AI and RPA have been growing as enablers for the limitless growth of the economy in MENA. With more and more government initiatives looking to push the boundaries of innovation across sectors, reports estimate an annual growth through AI to range between 20-34 per cent per year for these economies. The 29th global edition of the World AI & RPA Show is expected to convene over 300 participants online including, government leaders, CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, Heads of AI and innovation and AI experts from across the globe to explore MENA’s untapped opportunities in AI and RPA. “With hand-picked experts from…

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Forbes Finance Council is an Invitation-Only Community for Executives in Accounting, Financial Planning, Wealth and Asset Management, and Investment Firms Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the Office of Finance, today announced its CFO, Omar Choucair, has been accepted into Forbes Finance Council, an invitation-only community for executives in accounting, financial planning, wealth and asset management, and investment firms. Choucair was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as…

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Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group (PDG), Asia’s leading data center provider, today announced plans for a greenfield development in Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of PDG’s plan to expand its footprint to serve its customers’ needs in the booming Indonesian digital economy. With 19 data centers across 5 countries PDG has built an unrivalled footprint in less than 4 years since its inception. The company recently announced an investment of USD 1 billion to open a 100 MW flagship data center campus in Japan. The new 22MW data center, to be named Jakarta Cibitung 2 (JC2), is being built within the same…

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Kingsoft Office Group to Pursue “Multi-screen, Cloud, Content, AI and Collaboration” Strategy Online Games Business to Focus on Premium Game Strategy Kingsoft Corporation Limited (Kingsoft or the Company; HKEx stock code: 03888), a leading Chinese software and Internet service company, has announced its unaudited 2021 interim results and its second quarter results for the period ended 30 June 2021. For the first half of 2021, the revenue of Kingsoft increased 17% year-on-year to RMB3,039.1 million. Revenue from office software and services business increased 70% year-on-year to RMB1,557.2 million. Revenue from office software and services and online games and others represented…

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Website to help B40 Malaysians find jobs  Seeking support from Malaysians for Malaysians Kitakerja.my, a social initiative focusing on matching Malaysian jobseekers in the Bottom-40 (“B40”) income bracket to domestic employers, is calling for more Malaysians to join hands in building an ecosystem of jobseekers and employers while at the same time assisting in the economic recovery one job at a time. Kitakerja.my is the brainchild of two young Malaysians pooling their resources together to help fellow Malaysians in the B40 bracket who lost their jobs. Kitakerja.my co-founder Choong En Han said, “Over the past 18 months, our whole nation…

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Quess Corp, one of the world’s leading Business Service Providers, today announced that Comtel Solutions, the leading tech talent solutions Company in Singapore, and an affiliate of Quess Corp, has now become Quess Singapore and will operate as fully owned Singaore entity. An affiliate of Quess Corp Limited, Comtel has been in business for over a decade and has expanded across the Asia Pacific and several industry verticals and sectors such as Banking, Hi-Tech Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Logistics, and Healthcare Industries. The company which partners with global market leaders, including Fortune 100 companies for services, solutions and focussed executive searches for…

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Seedo Corp. (saffron-tech.ag) (OTC: SEDO), an Agtech company that is developing the protocols to grow saffron using vertical farming technology, today announced the appointment of Avi Stern to its board of directors as an Independent Director. Stern currently serves as the Vice President of Finance at Wix.com, a leading cloud-based website development platform with millions of users worldwide. Avi Stern “We are pleased to welcome Avi Stern to our board as an Independent Director,” says Dr.Gil Feiler, Chairman Seedo Corp. “Avi is coming from one of largest market cap Israeli companies and is a recognized leader whose extensive knowledge in…

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Show Chwan x BE Demo Day 2021: Batch 5 – Sat, Aug 28, 14:00~16:30 P.M. UTC+8 SC Hospital (SCMH) and IRCAD Taiwan are collaborating with BE Accelerator, the largest healthcare accelerator in Asia, to present Batch 5, ‘DemoDay 2021: Applied Technologies for Minimally Invasive Surgery’. It’s the celebration of 12 brilliant startups x 24 intensive weeks, sharing their applied technologies and solutions for minimally invasive surgery, medical devices, and AI-based healthcare, shaping the future of the industry today. Incubated for 24 weeks, the twelve startups and accelerator teams collaborated with mentors and partners to make this acceleration program remarkable. As…

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Ethernity CLOUD is pleased to announce the successful completion of their token presale round. They have sold 90% of the available presale tokens in just 9 hours. The remaining 10% were sold out early the next morning. The entire presale has been sold out in full in about 25 hours. According to the team, the community support was significant as the minimum package was set at $5,000 USD. On the heels of the token presale, Ethernity CLOUD is now focused on the future, including the ongoing European patent application. For more information, read the Technical Whitepaper about the application for…

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