Microsoft launches M-Powered portal to drive opportunities for those with disabilities

Microsoft Malaysia has just launched M-Powered, a unique web portal that aims to help drive employment and entrepreneurship for people with disabilities. The portal was launched on a sunny Thursday morning on April 13 2017 by delegates from Microsoft as well as worthies from the government and other representatives from non-profit organisations such as MaGIC, Dialogue in the Dark, universities such as Sunway, Taylors, APU, UNITAR and more.

Officiating the launch was YB Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Chuan, Minister of International Trade and Industry along with Dr. Astrid Tuminez, Senior Regional Director, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Southeast Asia, Microsoft Corporation.

Congratulating the team on this launch, YB Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Chuan said, “The government has identified inclusiveness and wellbeing as thrusts for community development in the 11 th Malaysia Plan. Private-public sector collaboration is an important part of realizing this vision and programs like M-Powered are the perfect role models. I congratulate Microsoft and all the partners for creating such a unique portal that encourages capacity building, employability as well as entrepreneurship and inclusiveness.”

M-Powered aims to offer access to job listings for the disabled community as well as offering technical and soft skill learning opportunities. Currently, M-Powered has lined up several partners to assist in listing job openings and provide mentorship for the portal such as Thriving Talents, Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre, Girls in Tech Malaysia, Dialogue in the Dark Malaysia, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation and more. The portal will also aim to offer online training and boot camps too. For more details swing the M-Powered portal here.