Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% in the third quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, according to the Department of Statistics' preliminary estimate released on 16 October. That is slower than the second quarter's 6.0%, and it keeps the country on course for a third consecutive year above 5%. For...
Malaysia Exports Hit RM1.571 Trillion, MSMEs Still 14.7%
Malaysia's exports reached RM1.571 trillion in the first nine months of 2026, up 34.0% on the same period last year and a record for the January-to-September window. The trade surplus more than doubled to RM232.38 billion, and total trade rose 30.1% to RM2.910 trillion. Those are the numbers MATRADE published...
KUSKOP RM10.7 Billion: 300,000 Entrepreneurs Funded by September
Malaysia's Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry disbursed RM10.7 billion in financing to nearly 300,000 entrepreneurs between January and September 2026. That is roughly 71% of the RM15 billion the ministry committed through its seven financing agencies, and the detail buried in the announcement is the one that changes how a...
PENtastic Startup Month 2026: 20+ Penang Events This November
Penang is running more than twenty startup events between 1 and 30 November 2026, under a programme called PENtastic Startup Month. Digital Penang coordinates it. The sessions themselves are organised independently by other organisations, which is the detail that makes the programme worth understanding rather than just attending. The structure...
Agentic AI Workshop Penang, 30 Nov 2026: What You’ll Build
Big Domain runs a three-hour agentic AI workshop in George Town on Monday 30 November 2026, from 2pm to 5pm, at Digital Penang on Pengkalan Weld. It is one of the closing sessions of PENtastic Startup Month 2026, the month-long programme Digital Penang coordinates across the northern startup ecosystem. Seats...