Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has instructed Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) to continue with the Mara Digital Project to open up more opportunities for bumiputera youth to get involved as information technology (IT) entrepreneurs.

He said several Mara Digital centres have been established so far, namely in Shah Alam, Selangor; Kuantan, Pahang; and Ipoh, Perak; while other places that had been identified were Larkin, Johor; Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu; Kota Bharu, Kelantan; Kuching, Sarawak; and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

However, Ismail Sabri said, when Pakatan Harapan took over the government following the 14th general election in 2018, the Mara Digital initiative was shut down and new projects were discontinued.