Taking on the e-commerce challenge


Klang showing her ‘kain burie’ attire, which she is now selling online.

FROM selling jungle products at roadside stalls and five-foot ways, a group of B40 women has adapted to using digital technology to alleviate poverty.

When the opportunity to learn about e-commerce and handicraft-making arose, some 30 of these enterprising ladies from Kampung Sijiram in Kota Samarahan did not think twice to sign up.

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