KUALA LUMPUR: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) hub will be established in Sabah and Sarawak next year to provide entrepreneurs in both states with better access to business information. The Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick announced that the hub, which will be under the supervision of SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp), aims to serve as a one-stop centre for MSMEs to obtain essential business information.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the initiative will offer information on starting a business, accessing markets, human capital development, securing financial resources, and learning best practices in business. The new hubs in Sabah and Sarawak will complement the existing MSME Hub in the peninsula, as stated by Datuk Ewon Benedick in a statement released following the MSME Hub Open Day event.

The programme, themed ‘KUSKOP dan Agensi Memperkasakan PMKS,’ included briefings on various topics such as MSME Status and SCORE Implementation by SME Corp, Entre
preneurship Training and Guidance by Institut Keusahawanan Negara Berhad (INSKEN), and Business Transformation by Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PERNAS).

Additionally, an advisory and networking session titled ‘Bank Rakyat Memacu Pemerkasaan dan Kelestarian Usahawan MADANI’ was conducted by Bank Rakyat, along with a joint financing session with OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad, as detailed in the statement.