Ideas: Southeast Asia’s video games leap

This article first appeared in Digital Edge, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on March 9, 2026 – March 15, 2026 It started, as these things often do in Kuala Lumpur, with rain that felt both theatrical and mildly inconvenient. This was a long overdue catch-up with a close friend who happens to be a senior executive […]

Ideas: Design thinking: The buzzword everyone loves to get wrong

This article first appeared in Digital Edge, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on November 10, 2025 – November 16, 2025 Somewhere in a boardroom near you, someone is saying: “We need to do design thinking.” It lands on the table like a magic spell. Heads nod. Post-its tremble in anticipation. Someone in human resources quietly googles […]

Solutions: Powering innovation through creative education

This article first appeared in Digital Edge, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on August 11, 2025 – August 17, 2025 What if the most important skill we could teach the next generation is not how to code, but how to imagine? In today’s rapidly evolving global economy, creativity is emerging as a critical driver of innovation […]

Ideas: Creativity as catalyst to secure Southeast Asia’s digital future

This article first appeared in Digital Edge, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on May 26, 2025 – June 1, 2025 In Kuala Lumpur, a team of creative technologists has transformed an abandoned colonial building into a multimedia storytelling hub. Through projection mapping, they simulate a lush rainforest environment that reacts to movement and sound, creating a […]

Empowering Growth: Malaysia needs gender-inclusive tech start-up ecosystem

This article first appeared in Digital Edge, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on December 9, 2024 – December 15, 2024 In the rapidly evolving world of tech and innovation, Malaysia has made strides but still grapples with inclusivity. Ranked 114th in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2024, the country is far from gender […]

Meraque expands drone solutions to Uzbekistan

This article first appeared in New Straits Times. MERAQUE Group, a leading Malaysian robotics solutions company, has signed a strategic partnership with the Agriculture Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This partnership marks a significant milestone for both organisations, highlighting their mutual commitment to driving innovation, collaboration and growth in the agricultural technology sector. The […]