KOTA SAMARAHAN: Up to date, a total of 808 participants have undergone the E-Entrepreneurs (e-usahawan) Programme in Sarawak whereby the ongoing training will last until end of December 2017.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Dato Sri Hajah Rohani Abdul Karim when officiating at the launching ceremony of “eRezeki & eUsahawan Programme”, at Kota Samarahan Civic Centre in Kota Samarahan, yesterday. Rohani said that the target is to train 3,000 micro entrepreneurs in Sarawak.
“Out of 808 participants, a total of 86 participants have earned more than RM1.2 million through online selling by using Facebook and Instagram. “We are proud with this figure because we manage to improve the micro entrepreneurs’ income in Sarawak. Somet imes the number of trained participants is not important but the outcome and income gained by the participants is more important,” said Rohani.
Rohani also pointed out that Sa rawa kians can pa rticipate in the next training programme in December this year at 15 locations throughout the state.
“The locat ions are set by Ma l ay s i a Di g i t a l Economy Corporation (MDEC) and people can refer to this to get the schedule about the training programme,” she pointed out.
On the programme, Samarahan is the last destination for the sixth series of the tour programme after doing it in the other five destinations including Kuching, Miri, Limbang, Sri Aman, and Sibu.
“This programme aims to assist the Low Income Household (LIH) and B40 category (people with monthly income of RM4,000 and below) to generate their income through digital economy.
“In line with the state’s current agenda which is focusing on the digital economy, this programme is very timely and much needed to make the agenda into success,” she said. During the ceremony, Rohani also handed 1AZAM assistance to 21 recipients.
