AwanBiru Technology Berhad - Annual Report 2021

Principle 1: Sustainable Lifelong Learning Environment Doing Well by Driving Digital Competencies and Boosting Employments In recent years, digitalisation has displaced some existing jobs and also created new ones. This transformation of various occupational roles have been accelerated by the current COVID-19 pandemic. This transformational wave brought about opportunities, as well as massive challenges for Malaysians. Hence, Malaysians now need to adopt and acquire new skills and competencies to remain relevant in the job force. While the prospects are bright, uptake of new skills and technologies may prove to be challenging not only for seniors and adults who are predominant in the country’s workforce, but also for the digitally native children and youth as well. This is where our role as a Digital Transformer and our core verticals of Technology and Talent became more vital than ever to transition Malaysians into 21 st century digital workers - A key ingredient for the nation to make the quantum leap towards an advanced digital economy. Our Business Model to achieve the same can be found on page 4. Underpinned by our global partnerships with key industry players across the globe, we are committed to arm Malaysians with the right tools along with key competencies needed in this digital age, for them to stay ahead of the curve. In successfully riding this wave of Digital Transformation, technology alone is not enough - because digitalisation is less about technology, and more about people . Leaders need to take a good hard look at the human side of their organisations, because the culture and way people interact with technology will be the deciding factor of their digitalisation success. Dr. Abu Hasan bin Ismail Founder, President and Group Chief Executive Officer Helping Labour Market to Keep Pace with Digitalisation In line with our focus of driving technology adaptation through distribution of software, and our Software as a Service delivery model, we have enabled the Government of Malaysia, organisations, businesses and individuals with more than 330,750 affordable software in the financial year under review alone. Complementing the software provision, we have imparted the knowledge required with the support of our partners - CompTIA, Adobe, Autodesk, EC-Council, Rocheston and Iverson via ICT training and certifications. These were done to drive strong adaptation to and adoption of the newly acquired technology, for them to fully reap the benefits of their investments and remain resilient in the surge of digitalisation. Awantec | Sustainability 52 Annual Report 2021