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Meekco.Asia hosts first-ever Shopify Creators’ Market for Malaysian Retail Merchants

// PRNews.gointernationalgroup.com // 17 September 2019, Kuala Lumpur – Global eCommerce platform Shopify, in partnership with payment gateway Paypal and Malaysian full-stack digital agency Meekco.Asia announce the Shopify Creators’ Market series of eCommerce educational events in Kuala Lumpur to upskill small and medium enterprises that are looking to be a part of the global eCommerce boom. Ranked third most popular platform in the world with a market share of 8% Shopify is fast surpassing eBay to become the second-largest U.S. e-commerce platform after Amazon (in sales volume). Shopify Creators’ Market offers eCommerce beginner workshops, seminars for growing merchants with international keynote speakers. Retailers are invited to get hands-on experience, display their merchandise and participate in the community to learn, share, and discuss business, together, especially regarding the new retail online to offline (O2O) marketing model. “This exciting partnership empowers Malaysian SMEs who are keen to start selling to the world. We thank our partners Startup Mamak – a local startup empowerment community of over 13,000 Facebook members and our co-sponsors DHL Express – the global door-to-door delivery companyand government agency Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC),” said Kah Hing, CEO and co-founder of Meekco.Asia He brings a wealth of experience in digital business automation and eCommerce growth hacks for over 200 SMEs in Malaysia and Singapore. Citing Alibaba’s Singles’ Day held on November 11 annually as the world’s largest online shopping day generating RM123 billion (US$30.8 billion) in sales in 2018, Kah Hing mentioned that there’s a lot of room for Malaysian brands and companies to take a piece of the online retail sales pie. Google-Temasek e-Conomy SEA 2018 reports that Southeast Asia’s e-commerce business boom is expected to exceed a gross market value of US$100 billion by 2025, up four-folds from US$23 billion in 2018. These statistics are indicators to global brands like Shopify that Southeast Asia’s online retail merchants are growing fast as more businesses are run by digital natives and an increasing adoption of eCommerce software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms like Shopify. The two-day event takes place at 3 Damansara, Petaling Jaya from 21 – 22 September 2019 where merchants can engage with shoppers in the mall. A few successful online merchants powered by Shopify and Paypal will exhibit their unique goods. They include Mossery.co, Trapo.asia, Celovis.com, Summerandpeach.com and Jeoel.com. Event: Shopify Creators’ Market BazaarDate: 21 – 22 September 2019Time: 10am – 10pmVenue: 3 Damansara, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaEntry: Free Visit www.meekco.asia to learn more. Ends. Media inquiries:Email us at refresh@meekco.asia or call +6012 2220785 This press release has been written for Meekco.Asia by PRNews.gointernationalgroup.com.

Malaysian Youth Enter First FAI World Drone Racing Championships, Shenzhen China

For Immediate Release Update: Click to view FAI WDRC 2018 Drone Racing Coverage Report View full press release 29 October 2018, Kuala Lumpur – A team of two Malaysian youth will join the ranks of 115 of the world’s best drone-racing pilots from 32 nations converging at the tech-city of Shenzhen in southern China from 1-4 November 2018 for four days of high-calibre racing this weekend. Malaysia will be represented for the first time on this global arena by 23-year old male (Amir Haziq Saiful Rijal aka Amir) and 19-year old female (Saw Zhi Ying aka JinnyGurl) and their helper, Muhammad Fahrudin Bin Yusoff. Amir Haziq has participated in many competitive races in this country. In 2016, he won the third place at Multigp Malaysia held in Johor. Then in 2017, he took 2nd place at Multigp KL, attained 1st place at Taiping Race, was a Top qualifier at Southern Drone Race, got 1st place at the UMP Race, 6th place at Asia Drone Championship and 1st place at Drone GP – Micro Drone Race. JinnyGurl, on the other hand participated in the 2016 CF Droners Meet-Up Friendly Racing (Under-18) and Zone E-7 Amateurs (Under 18 Micro squad) where she won consolation prize with an overall ranking of 6. (left to right) Coach Joe OTK, Captain Muhammad Arif Ibrahim, Helper Muhammad Fahrudin bin Yusoff, Team Member JinnyGurl aka Saw Zhi Ying, Team Manager Amir Haziq, FAI Regional Vice President Tengku Abdillah. Photo credit: Captain Arif View full press release Both youngsters hold their FAI Sporting License and will mark history as the first official drone racing pilots to represent Malaysia at an international tournament, whilst in the female drone pilot category, JinnyGurl will be competing against female pilots from 13 other nations. In fact, it would seem the young ones are leading the way as the official online simulation of the drone racing track used for the championships in Shenzhen was developed by 15-year old Elouan Jorrand from France. Team Malaysia is sanctioned by Malaysia Aviation Sports Federation (MSAF), supported by the National Sports Council or Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) and co-sponsored by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). Team Malaysia’s participation was initiated and coordinated by Aerolomba Sdn Bhd with strategic marketing partner Go International Group Dotcom Sdn Bhd and technology ecosystem partner, DOJO KL Sdn Bhd. All pioneer partners involved in this project are doing so in the spirit of propelling Malaysian youth towards advancement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and the national innovation agenda in pursuit of our vision 2020 as a fully developed country, and to push for aerosports to be recognised as a national sport as it’s already globally recognised by the International Olympic Council (IOC). View full press release