A technopreneurship talk ‘Silicon Valley Innovation Ecosystem, and How, and Why Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship (Corporate Internal Incubators) and the Startup ecosystem in the Silicon Valley Works’ was organised by Angkatan Zaman Mansang Sarawak (AZAM Sarawak) on July 20th. Conducted by Ms Rekha Pai Kamath who serves on the board of Fast Forward, an Accelerator for tech Non-profits based in San Francisco, she shared on the important factors that are needed to create the right ecosystem for technopreneurs to start. The talk aimed to enhance the awareness and understanding among local stakeholders on the latest development in technopreneurship in achieving the State’s digital economy goals.

Among those present during the event was Deputy State Secretary (Socio-Economic Transformation) and Chairman of AZAM Sarawak YB Datu Haji Ismawi bin Haji Ismuni (second left); State’s Minister for International Trade and E-Commerce and Minister for Finance (II) YB Wong Soon Koh, Acting Chief executive Officer of AZAM Sarawak Madam Lelia Sim Ah Hua; Ms Rekha Pai Kamath and Senior Program Specialist, U.S Embassy Kuala Lumpur Mr Sadayan Riazurrahman. Full Story