Category Archives: Digital Economy

Interview: How Technology is Putting a Stop to Halal Food Fraud
08/01/2021

Diana Sabrain, CEO, OneAgrix, on Halal traceability and the technology required to ensure food traceability. ...

Malaysia: HDC to enhance digitalisation, enhance marketability
05/01/2021

This includes the use of several technologies to enhance halal detection capabilities. ...

Opinion: Use blockchain technology to certify halal products
24/12/2020

As an encrypted ledger database, blockchain is almost impossible to hack. ...

Malaysia: Interview with Prof. Dr. Marco Tieman on his book ‘Halal Business Management: A guide to achieving halal excellence’
13/12/2020

Companies doing business in Muslim markets will benefit from the practical advice given in this ...

Malaysia: Aladdin Group and Huawei Enter Tech Partnership to Develop Global Halal-Focused Social Commerce Platform
11/12/2020

It aims to accelerate growth in the Halal and Muslim-friendly products and services sector. ...

UAE: IHAF launches its new digital infrastructure
01/12/2020

IHAF stakeholders needs will be met through utilizing the digitized business processes. ...

UAE: ‘Digital disruption to transform retailers into tech companies’, experts say
26/11/2020

Most retailers will soon become e-tailers engaged in storage and door-to-door deliveries to consumers. ...

UAE: State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2020/21 Launch
16/11/2020

Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) has announced the results of the 8th SGIER. ...

UAE: IHAF calls for unification of halal criteria to boost trade
11/11/2020

The forum tackled the importance of digitalization in conducting accreditation and certification assessments. ...

Opinion: Digital transformation, not Covid, is the biggest challenge to food supply chains
05/11/2020

Digital transformation of food supply chains is about empowering both producers with higher wages and ...

Online: IFN On Air Forum – Halal Business: 2 November 2020
28/10/2020

Bridging Halal businesses to Islamic finance in this first of a kind forum. ...

Online: GIES Virtual Series discusses new age of digital retail
23/10/2020

The 5th session of the Global Islamic Economy Summit virtual series discussed the new age ...

Iskandar Malaysia Halal Partnership Dialogue 2020 Targets 600 Million Population
22/10/2020

More than 70 officials and agencies met to set a seamless ecosystem for growing demand ...

Indonesia: Government holds online halal products’ management training for MSMEs
21/10/2020

The digitalization program is for MSME halal products' marketing and management in Jakarta. ...

Malaysia: Halal Development Corporation to launch halal integrated platform next year, says Azmin
07/10/2020

Halal-certified companies on HIP will be promoted as Malaysia’s premium halal companies on the international ...

Malaysia: Ambank to assist 300 eligible SMEs to adopt IR 4.0, digitalisation and halal certification
09/09/2020

For the Digitalisation track of the BizRACE competition, the Bank will assist SMEs in the ...

Malaysia: Aladdin Group returns to market as digital commerce player
25/08/2020

Tech company Aladdin Group announced its return to the market as a digital commerce player, ...

Canada: Online Islamic Lifestyle Shopping Mall ‘HalalCommerce.ca’ is Connecting Culture through Commerce
04/08/2020

The HalalCommerce platform is an online Islamic Lifestyle shopping mall that is community-focused. ...

Supercharging The Supply Chain: How IoT Technology Is Changing Logistics
24/07/2020

Deliveries are vulnerable to delays, theft and spoilage, and issues are not always apparent until ...

GCC: Digital transformation, data and robotics to drive the post-Covid-19 recovery of the Gulf’s $275.4 bn retail sector
23/07/2020

Consumer behaviour in the GCC countries has seen a drastic shift towards online payment following ...