KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Investment, Trade, and Industry (Miti) Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz will facilitate a meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Microsoft chairman cum chief executive officer (CEO) Satya Nadella.
Together with other relevant agencies, Miti is working closely with Microsoft to devise a strategy to make Malaysia the digital hub of Asean.
“The ‘Kekal Bersama Malaysia’ initiative is witnessing a collaboration between Malaysia and Microsoft to make our country the digital hub of Asean,” he said in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account today.
Tengku Zafrul added that Satya will visit the country soon to strengthen the collaboration.
“Looking forward to closer collaboration with Microsoft to drive Malaysia’s leadership in the Asean digital sphere,” he said.
Satya succeeded Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as the multinational technology company’s chairman.
— Berrnama
