KUCHING: FAME International College (FAME) announced yesterday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alibaba.com, the B2B arm of Alibaba Group, to jointly offer e-commerce training designed to equip SMEs and individuals in Sarawak with skill sets required by today’s digital economy.
FAME was represented by its CEO David Chew while Alibaba.com was represented by Jack Zhang, General Manager of Global Supplier Development. Minister of Local Government and Housing Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk Prof. Dr Sim Kui Hian, as the guest of honour, witnessed the MoU signing with business leaders from local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), community leaders, and FAME staff and students.
With the signing of the MoU, FAME and Alibaba.com have entered into a collaboration in human capital development in Sarawak for the state’s transformation into a digital economy.
This is in line with the state government’s vision to empower the local economy with online business, as well as Alibaba.com’s commitment to supporting Malaysia’s digital economy development through talent incubation in line with the vision of the Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP), which seeks to remove barriers to trade for smaller firms and emerging nations.
This collaboration, which is part of Alibaba.com’s “Global E-commerce Talent (GET)” programme, will be implemented through the provision of third-party trainers by Alibaba.com to coach FAME staff and students in the field of e-commerce, finance and other related curriculum. Subsequently, FAME and Alibaba.com will jointly provide training and certification programmes to SMEs in Sarawak to contribute to the growth of e-commerce talent in the local business community.
FAME International College is a local higher education provider for certificate, diploma and bachelor degree programmes and professional courses such as Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) and The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
The college also offers two 3+0 bachelor degree programmes from the University of Cumbria in the United Kingdom. FAME also conducts short soft-skill training courses such as leadership and team building, customer service excellence, high impact leadership skills, finance for non-finance personnel and personal empowerment organisation excellence.
The college is located in Brighton Square, Jalan Song, Kuching and can also be contacted on (082) 285777 or fax (082) 285522, www.fame.edu.my or www.facebook.com/fame.kuching.
