MyDIGITAL Progress Report 2021: Building A Dynamic Digital Economy By 2030
MyDIGITAL Progress Report 2021: Building A Dynamic Digital Economy By 2030
PUTRAJAYA, 8 March 2022 – MyDIGITAL Corporation unveiled today the MyDIGITAL
Progress Report 2021 that charts the progress and achievements made by the Malaysia
Digital Economy Blueprint (MDEB) for the last 10 months.
The MDEB was launched in February last year, a national initiative that is crucial in
realising the Twelfth Malaysia Plan 2021-2015 (12MP), with the objective to transform
Malaysia into a digitally enabled and technology-driven high-income nation in three
phases by 2030. Despite the challenges in the past year brought about by the COVID-19
pandemic, much progress has been made after the end of Phase 1 (2021 – 2022).
The MDEB is delivered via six strategic thrusts, 22 strategies, 48 national initiatives and
28 sectoral initiatives. These initiatives are segmented according to six clusters:
Economy, Digital Talent, Digital Infrastructure and Data, Society, Emerging Technology,
and Government.
“The objective of the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint is to generate inclusive,
responsible, and sustainable socioeconomic development through a vibrant digital
economy and ecosystem. Since the launch of the blueprint in February and the
subsequent unveiling of the National Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Policy in July, I
am pleased to share that the various initiatives and programmes are well underway, and
we are on track to achieve a digital economy that can contribute at least 25.5 percent to
our national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2025,” said Fabian Bigar, Chief Executive
Officer of MyDIGITAL Corporation.
The by 68 percent. Digital consumers have also increased to 88 percent of the population
last year, with 46 percent of the population currently making online purchases.
Efforts to boost the usage of e-payments for merchants and consumers were also
successful, with an estimate of 216 e-payment transactions per capita achieved in 2021.
Payment facilities have also increased substantially last year, with 36 payment facilities
per 1,000 users successfully achieved.
Through the various public and private initiatives to boost adoption of e-commerce among
micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), 235,327 new MSMEs were added last
year to the cumulative total of 725,285 businesses that have embraced e-commerce. This
achievement currently translates to 83 percent of the target of reaching 875,000 MSMEs
by 2025.
Malaysia continues to be a destination for high value digital investments, with a total of
RM16.5 billion in digital investments approved by the government in 2021, on track to
achieving the RM70 billion investment target by 2025.
Last year, 1.3 million higher education students were able to purchase affordable device
and plan packages through collaboration with private sector service providers, enabling
connectivity and access to online learning. 4.4 million students were able enjoy distance
learning via the Digital Educational Learning Initiative Malaysia (DELIMa) platform as part
of efforts to ensure students have access to digital learning facilities.
The Cabinet and all state governments have agreed to recognise communications
services as a public utility in 2021. All states in Malaysia have agreed to adopt the
Communications Infrastructure Planning Guidelines (GPP-I) as the main reference to
ensure that digital infrastructure planning can be planned in a more orderly fashion, is
inclusive and has a balanced aesthetic value.
78 percent of all federal ministries, departments and statutory bodies offered cashless
payment options in 2021. 68 percent of government services are End-to-End (E2E) as of
last year, where the services are implemented entirely online from start to finish.
24 pilot sites were identified and implemented under the Smart Manufacturing Intelligent
Service Platform (SMISP) programme in 2021, a technology lab and collaboration
platform via public-private partnerships. The sites are integrating technology solutions to
facilitate the adoption of Industry 4.0 technology among manufacturers.
Fabian said, “The most critical feature of the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint initiative
that is crucial to its success is the Whole-of-Nation approach that the blueprint has
adopted. Under this approach, participation of all stakeholders is highly welcomed to
enable the nation to realise the benefits and overcome the challenges of digitalisation.”
“The aim of this approach is to for everyone to come and work together towards achieving
the vision and objectives set in the Blueprint and 4IR Policy, while ensuring no one is left
behind and that key economic, social and environmental challenges are recognised and
addressed,” he added.
Despite the relatively slow start in 2021 due to restrictions and challenges posed by the
pandemic, all initiatives are on track thanks to the unwavering effort of the implementing
agencies and the private sector. MyDIGITAL Corporation will continue to support and
facilitate their implementation in 2022 and beyond.
The MyDIGITAL Progress Report 2021 is available to download from today at
mydigital.gov.my.