Digital creative sector to contribute over RM30bil to GDP by 2025, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: The development of digital games, comics, animation and interactive media is expected to generate over RM30bil annually for the nation by 2025, says Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin.

The Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister said in 2019, the creative industry which includes creative digital development such as animation, games, comics, interactive media and others contributed RM29.4bil to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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