Datuk Badlisham Ghazali is the CEO of the Malaysian Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).
He was at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona as part of Multimedia Super Corridor Malaysia. It's a special economic zone that's part of a government push to "transform Malaysia into a modern state by the year 2020" by investment in and the creation of a knowledge-based society.
As for the MDeC, its goal is to promote Malaysia as a location for ICT businesses, as well as encouraging local start-ups through education.
You can find out more about it via its website.
Looking beyond the mountains
During our interview, we spoke about games, societal apps, learning applications, and why the Malaysian government is interested in such activities when many countries with established markets seem reluctant about offering their businesses assistance.
