AirAsia Academy Partners with MyDIGITAL to Enhance Digital 4IR-Related Upskilling for Malaysians
AirAsia Academy partners with MyDIGITAL Corporation to accelerate digital literacy
Photo Caption: (Front left) President (Ventures) Capital A, Aireen Omar, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed and CEO of MyDIGITAL Corporation Fabian Bigar at the Letter of Intent signing ceremony between AirAsia Academy and MyDIGITAL Corporation.
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 MAY 2022 - AirAsia Academy, RedBeat Capital’s education arm under Capital A Berhad, has announced it is partnering with MyDIGITAL Corporation to accelerate digital literacy among students and to reskill professionals to contribute to the nation’s growing digital economy and the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (4IR).
An exchange of documents between Aireen Omar, President (Ventures) Capital A Berhad and Fabian Bigar, Chief Executive Officer of MyDIGITAL Corporation, was witnessed by Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) at AirAsia Academy on Tuesday. The agreement outlines the collaborative efforts between the two parties in supporting and achieving the national outcomes targeted under the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint (MDEB) and the 4IR Policy.
The Academy will also provide highly accessible and affordable courses which cover both technical and non-technical areas of business that are available online while enabling access to Capital A’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Aireen Omar, President (Ventures) Capital A said, “We are proud to collaborate with MyDIGITAL Corporation to accelerate our vision of helping transform and upskill Malaysians with the assets we have. We have been proud to witness a great transformation in the Allstars (AirAsia staff) who had gone through the different upskilling programmes when we first started, from a baggage handler who turned into a data scientist and a customer service agent into a digital marketer. So far, over 5,000 individuals have acquired digital talents through AirAsia Academy, including 150 unemployed university graduates who learned data, software and digital marketing skills, and we’re thrilled to be able to offer our programs for the whole nation to benefit from.” Highlighting the importance of bridging the digital divide for the nation, CEO of MyDIGITAL Corporation Fabian Bigar said, “We are excited to partner with AirAsia Academy to support initiatives under the Digital Talent cluster, in particular, to encourage Malaysian talents, including women and girls, to develop their skills to be innovators of technology solutions and not just users of technology. With the flexibility to learn at your own pace, time and location, more talents shall benefit from the initiative.”
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed said, “The Government encourages public-private partnerships such as this to provide opportunities for all Malaysians, regardless of gender, age, race or locality, to learn about 4IR technologies. This will improve their employability, career advancement prospects as well as enhancing their capability to use, develop, design and innovate 4IR technology solutions. AirAsia Academy has done a wonderful job in reskilling AirAsia employees with the modernised tools required in this digital world. It is imperative to continue reskilling and upskilling our workforce with the knowledge needed to adopt 4IR technologies.”
In conjunction with today's visit, AirAsia Academy is also offering special On-Demand Upskilling Courses for only RM28 per month (retailing at RM69) for six months to the first 100 students. Among the upskilling courses are The Mind of a Hacker, Big Data Challenges in Industry and Dashboarding with Data Studio.
Visit https://airasiaacademy.com/ for details on courses that are made available by AirAsia Academy.
About AirAsia Academy
AirAsia Academy is a one-stop tech, leadership and innovation academy aimed at supercharging the digital economy within the ASEAN region. Together with Google Cloud, AirAsia Academy is disrupting the conventional education space by bridging the gap between Tertiary Education and Advanced Industries within the ASEAN region.
AirAsia Academy fills in the vacuum that has existed in the past decades by up-skilling and re-skilling the workforce with what’s relevant in the industry today, making our students highly employable, simultaneously equipping them with skill sets required for the modern era.
Launched in October 2020, AirAsia Academy has worked with various Non-government Organisations (NGOs) to reskill their staff in software engineering, blockchain and data. The Academy also set up the BINA Digital Programme in collaboration with Google to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) digitise their businesses where over 1,000 SMEs have been trained thus far.
About MyDIGITAL Corporation
MyDIGITAL Corporation, also known as the Strategic Change Management Office (SCMO), was established as a special purpose vehicle under the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department (JPM).
MyDIGITAL Corporation is responsible for implementing change management at the national level, focused on formulating strategic plans and initiatives for the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint (MDEB) and the National Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Policy.
Additionally, MyDIGITAL Corporation monitors the progress and evaluates the implementation performance, as well as the overall outcome of the digital economy and 4IR agenda, besides acting as the secretariat for the National Digital Economy and 4IR Council (MED4IRN), which is supported by the secretariat at the cluster level.