Axiata to invest US$6 million for digital talent transformation

KUALA LUMPUR: Axiata Group Bhd (Axiata) will invest US$6 million (US$1=RM4.18) over the next three years to scale up its existing digital expertise and provide critical development and capacity building for its employees in Asean and South Asia.

In a statement yesterday, president/group chief executive officer, Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim said the company had begun accelerating its digital talent transformation through a group-wide digital training programme.

The programme would culminate with “Digital Jam”, tagged as Asia’s largest employee online activation event on Nov 23, where Axiata employees would go online simultaneously to experiment with and experience newdigitalworktools,interfacing games and many more digital learning experiences.

He said the event would involve 12,000 of the group’s employees, including Celcom Axiata Bhd’s employees.

“The world of connectivity and communication is fast changing, and the telecommunications industry has no recourse but to learn new ways to engage with customers, build solutions, create services, think differently and improve the lives of our customers.

“Our e m p l oye e s are fundamental to our success, and talent becomes even more critical to the group in determining our ability to compete and grow in our markets,” he said.

Jamaludin said since 2009, the group had spent close to US$40 million on talent development.

Meanwhile, Axiata Group Chief Talent Officer Datin Seri Badrunnisa Mohd Yasin Khan said the “Digital Jam” online digital event would introduce its employees to new, creative and efficient digital work tools.

“We want to give them a glimpse of the future work environment in the digital world,” she said. — Bernama