Malaysia to offer incentives to attract global tech companies


by Moneycontrol

Moneycontrol— "We want to attract global unicorns to enter Malaysia, so that high-skilled and high-value jobs are created, besides developing a pipeline of future entrepreneurs and senior leaders in tech," Minister Rafizi Ramli said at the KL20 Summit, aimed at launching new policies to support Malaysian start-ups.

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