By Olivia Miwil - January 3, 2022 @ 12:34pm
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Computing and Informatics faculty's student organisation is organising a contest for youngsters to provide best financial tech solutions.
Dubbed the National Fintech Codeathon, it will take place from February 19 to 22, and the varsity is hoping to attract 75 university students and public members to stimulate their creative thinking.
"All participants are expected to help with the economic growth in our country where more technology is implemented in financial activities, and everyone is encouraged to use cashless transactions.
"This is where young people's skills are needed because they will be running the system in the future. We hope the participants' skills will improve as a result of this programme, as they will be solving real-world problems," said the programme director Abdul Hafiz Gani in a statement.
To make the programme successful, UMS is collaborating with the Sabah Creative Economy and Innovation Centre (Scenic) - a state government agency aimed to accelerate industries in Sabah through entrepreneurship, technology, innovation and creativity.
By organising the National Fintech Codeathon, Scenic's programme specialist and community builder Fazlan Thomas said they hope financial technology-related programmes can be developed to help drive the industry in Sabah.
"Given the lack of hackathons in Sabah, we hope to see this programme be made an annual event to garner more attention for its impact, particularly in catalysing and enhancing soft skills among participants.
"The challenges that young people or graduates will face in their workplace are inevitable. The knowledge obtained from their higher education can be applied in their jobs, but a career does not guarantee that the knowledge we study can be adapted.
"Therefore, students must push themselves to be more creative and innovative in their pursuit of additional knowledge. With today's technological advancements and easy accessibility, learning something new is not impossible," he said.
Apart from Scenic, UMS's FCI also collaborates with Computer Science Student Associations from other universities, namely COMSSA UPM, Pertekma Unimas and I-TECH UUM, as well as Microsoft, FinTech Associations of Malaysia, Multimedia Development Corporation, PayHalal, and Printcious.
Online registration for the Codeathon will open on January 3 at https://scenic.my/nfc2022.
Winners will receive RM1,500 (1st place), RM1,000 (2nd place), and RM500 (3rd place).
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