17-05-2025
NADIpreneur Produces 3,390 Women Entrepreneurs
CYBERJAYA, May 17 (Bernama) -- The NADIpreneur programme, an initiative under the National Information Dissemination Centre (NADI), has produced 3,390 women entrepreneurs, accounting for 85 per cent of participants, as of March, said Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.
He said these women have not only succeeded in entrepreneurship but also served as role models, encouraging others to join the NADIpreneur programme.
'These entrepreneurs are very successful. They have utilised high-speed internet access (at NADI) not only to enhance their skills in specific fields but also to find markets for their products.
'In some places, I found that they were able to produce goods that can be sold internationally. This helps improve household economy,' he said at a press conference after officiating at the 2025 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) celebration here today.
Also present were Communications Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din.
Fahmi also cited several success stories of women entrepreneurs under the NADIpreneur programme, including a businesswoman from Kuching, who earns around RM25,000 a month selling handicraft products made from beads.
During the same period, the programme had trained 4,000 entrepreneurs, demonstrating its effectiveness within the community, he said.
For this year, the Communications Ministry is targeting 7,000 participants in the NADIpreneur programme to equip more online entrepreneurs with the skills needed to grow their businesses using e-commerce platforms.
'We hope we are able to achieve this target this year. Through NADI, it shows that if you use the internet safely and you know what tools you can take advantage of, you can increase your participation in the economy,' he said.
