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TECHNOLOGIES
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Malaysia: App Innovation in Tough Times

Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. The for developing a website that provides accurate public
digital economy, which has been on a winning streak information concerning the Covid-19 outbreak. The
over the last decade or so, is also not exempt. The website, https://www.coronatracker.com, allows the
result is that many techpreneurs are seeing their public to keep track of the latest developments on
startups fall, and techies are back at the drawing board, COVID-19, while collecting data for further analysis.
thinking up the next big thing.
Malaysian- made apps to tide over the MCO
Still, isn’t it possible that the world is at the crux of a
renaissance in innovation? We can be sure that the CoronaTracker won’t be the
only instance of innovation from Malaysia during this
As people adapt to spending more time indoors, pandemic. Data presents a huge opportunity for
creative solutions for real life problems will come from businesses attempting to solve problems in customer
repurposed home tech laboratories. The Movement experience, eCommerce and eBanking, and the need
Control Order (MCO) has moved many folks online, for urgent solutions will trigger demand-led innovations,
including the younger tech-savvy entrepreneurs, who even as the economy looks to all form of assistance to
are quietly etching out their own, and likely the nation’s recuperate over the year.
digital futures.
There are more stories of innovativeness in the
Malaysian-made app comes to the rescue Malaysian app scene. And in challenging times like
these, they may be our next favorite go-to app:
Consider the app development scene. In February this
year, a team of Malaysian researchers was officially 1. MySejahtera
recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) Health is everyone’s primary concern at present -

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