SMEs need new ways to rebuild business in Covid-19 era


For instance, matching grants of up to RM5,000 provided by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) for digitalising the businesses should be fully utilised by SMEs in respect of technological adoption.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s 907,065 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are living in very uncertain times -- from day to day it seems almost impossible for them to predict what will come next.

Businesses across the country have barely hung on after the arrival and persistence of COVID-19.

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