Go digital or die, minister urges SMEs
Consumers afraid of crowds and the spread of the coronavirus have embraced online shopping and SMEs should tap into that, says a minister. – EPA pic, May 7, 2020.
SMALL and medium enterprises will have to go digital or cease as online trading is a big part of the “new normal” in a post-coronavirus world, said Mustapa Mohamad today. The push for greater digitalisation among SMEs will be at the centre of the 12th Malaysia Plan, which his office is drawing up and kick off next year.
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