Sarawak is accelerating its push to become Southeast Asia’s next digital powerhouse, showcasing its rapid digital transformation, vibrant innovation ecosystem, and strategic roadmap to emerge as a formidable global player in digital entrepreneurship.

According to the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) in a statement, it led a high-impact presence through its dedicated Sarawak Pavilion at Norm Micro Roastery during the Slush’D Penang 2025.

The showcase, it added, marked a significant milestone in Sarawak’s digital journey, presenting a unified front of innovation, talent, and tech-driven development.

Seven Sarawakian startups and organisations namely Sara Qube, OTA MY, Landik, Borneo Digital, Unbraided AI, XCard, and Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (TEGAS) were spotlighted at the pavilion, each demonstrating breakthrough solutions in areas such as carbon tech, AI, digital media, and social enterprise.

Their participation, it noted, reflected the depth of Sarawak’s entrepreneurial talent and the real-world impact of its digital economy strategy.

During the feature session titled ‘Venture Into The Wild: Sarawak’s Hidden Oasis for Innovation’, SDEC head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Hazwan Razak highlighted Sarawak’s ongoing efforts to drive its digital economy across all sectors.

He unveiled Sarawak’s unique digital innovation and entrepreneurship landscape, demonstrating its remarkable progress under the visionary Sarawak Digital Economy Blueprint 2030 and the Post-COVID-19 Development Strategy 2030 (PCDS 2030).

He also spotlighted strong homegrown ecosystem players and supportive frameworks that create a welcoming environment for innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs to explore and grow.



Complementing this was the session ‘Fuelling Global Ambition with Local Capital’, where Hazwan joined Sarawak Business Angel Network (SBAN) chairman, Datuk Patrick Liew to explore the importance of local early-stage capital.

“The discussion laid the groundwork for investor conversations with eight Sarawakian startups, signalling a growing appetite for scalable ventures emerging from Borneo,” he said.

These engagements also built critical momentum ahead of Sarawak’s flagship digital event, the International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak 2025 (IDECS25), scheduled for October 22 to 23.

Hazwan pointed out that IDECS25 is set to bring together global and regional stakeholders to examine pressing themes such as AI-led economic transformation, digital governance, smart cities, cybersecurity, and ESG-linked digital investment.

“Our impactful presence at Penang Slush’D 2025 is a testament to Sarawak’s unwavering commitment to digital transformation and its readiness to lead.

“We are actively cultivating an environment where innovation thrives and investment flourishes. The exciting anticipation for IDECS25 further underscores our ambition to convene global minds and chart the future of the digital economy from Sarawak,” he said.

Apa yang sarawak tak mahu jadi? Semua depa mau jadi..

2nd

Maybe they got tired of waiting for west malaysia to develop them

As long pay still lower than west malaysia, i dont see how this will go.

I love Sarawak amoi

another Syok sendiri

I have a friend brother, work there. O&g field. The pay is five figure. Mid twenties. He told me some small city in sarawak.

Haha

Syok sendiri

more like songlap powerhouse

Pay gap is really wide if talk about oil and gas.
IT field is tough.

IT field sarawak got many amoi? I plan to find job there

Got many amoi there? I want to find job there. They love KL people?

they got the money to do it

sarawak = innovation

clown joke or cringe?

They already give free Macbook to students. Just a matter of time

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...l=sarawak+gomen

now they have more money O&G to develop....... only kesian semananjung that will lacking funding from Pet in the future..

Very likely Miri or Bintulu...

For those from Sarawak, lets be real. How many of your batch mates are still working in Srwk?

The braindrain is serious and lack of job opportunities and skill manpower is a bad combo.

IT how to work at oandg?

Cume sentiasa terlupa nak repair jalan raya saja…

Owaii yitu salahan bajigan federal aka semenanjung pipur!

This post has been edited by max_cavalera: May 26 2025, 10:23 AM

why can't concentrate to 1 only. Apa pun mau? Must well move capital to Kuching.

How about they become full fledge country. Negara Sarawak, move on and never look back.

State gov support.... ada wang ada incentive...
Special interests behind the scene happy...

everything that they previously announce that people thought is a joke or cringe is now becoming reality one by one

i have my fair share of doubt too but turns out it's becoming reality

you're mixing up sabah and sarawak

sarawak roads today are miles better than sabah
sabah is the one that looked like moon surface and getting worse

sarawak's pan borneo looked amazing

The trunk road ok edi?

Cukur ayam kendurilah the yearly federal budget put to real good use…

As of the latest available data, the federal government of Malaysia has allocated substantial annual budgets to Sabah and Sarawak, reflecting a commitment to their development and the provisions of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). 

Budget Allocations
• Budget 2024:
• Total Allocation: RM12.4 billion
• Sabah: RM6.6 billion
• Sarawak: RM5.8 billion
• Budget 2025:
• Total Allocation: RM12.6 billion
• Sabah: RM6.7 billion
• Sarawak: RM5.9 billion

These allocations mark the highest ever development budgets for both states, underscoring the federal government’s focus on addressing regional disparities and enhancing infrastructure in East Malaysia.

i think it depends where, the major road should be better than klang road

but very interior road i can't say

but for sabah, even major city road also not ok and JKR there don't bother to even fix

JKR is governing body… they give the spec and supervise the cost, quality and give approval for the subcon to do work…

Last time lepak Zus kopi shah alam in the morning and JKR people and the subcon was having very elaborate professional discussion there…

If thats the issue dunno if most of the subcon/con in sabah cannot pakai or what…

I want amoi!

actually if u notice all the subcon and con cannot pakai nationwide lah

almost everything is not built to spec today

like my area in PJ, there is a speed bump so huge that even if your car isn't lowered also can scrap bottom

You know what funny?

The so called Sarawakian company all have REAL offices in KL .. due to better tech ecosystem and talents availability

The ‘sarawak’ status is just their angle to get state funding and contracts as the Sarawak Premier is now dangling funds and preferential treatment to Sarawak companies

apa pun mau jadi hub.. question is can onot??? budaya malas ada x???

some of them might sell back to the market as almost brand new lappie

Either songlap in West or in East. What is the difference?

For past 50+ yrs, money flow out of Sarawak. So people follow the money.

Recently money starts to stay in Sarawak. May be people will now stay in Sarawak.

Sabah got all sort of Malayan political parties. So Sabah politic same as Malaya politic. So expect Sabah same mess as Malaya.

Still. Most earning good figure. Tips: Whenever Sarawak government announced upcoming projects (that means there will be new companies incorporated), that is the time you throw your resume!

ART, digital economy, semiconductor, Invest Sarawak etc and now AI.

Nice. Got electricity, got water. Now just need undersea fiber to land direct.

Can win KL?