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This conceptual paper seeks to put forth a novel vision, namely the combined deployment of the Quadruple Helix Model (QHM) collaboration mooted by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, a Whole-of-Government (WoG) concept of ICT implementation across the Malaysian government agencies mooted by Malaysia Administrative and Modernization Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the Network of Mosques (NoM). This will be accomplished through leveraging the advances in cloud computing and mobile applications in setting up a proposed conceptual MyMukim2Cloud Collaborative System. The QHM actors, namely the Government, Academia, Industry and Citizen need to collaborate and share resources in nurturing and addressing the needs of less privileged and less fortunate people holistically, rather than the current practice which is executed in silos, isolation or independently. This proposed collaborative inter-organizational system is to enable a WoG and consolidated approach for government agencies, NGOs, the private sector and individuals in building up a single and trusted national database based on three (3) focus groups of people proposed in this paper, namely the Orphanage, the Poor and the Disabled. This database, proposed to be coowned and managed by government agencies such as Department of Social Welfare (DSW) and Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), can be accessed, used and updated by all other authorized and relevant organizations and individuals in making a consolidated contribution in nurturing and developing these groups. Thus, this System shall eliminate unnecessary and duplication in data, efforts and investments made by the various organizations. The expected outcome of MyMukim2Cloud System will be an enhanced quality of life for the proposed focus groups through the execution of social entrepreneurship concept in healthcare, education and financial activities provided by the QHM collaborators.

The population of Muslims gobally is estimated to be more than 1.6 billion, which represents about one-fifth of the world's population. The recent religious awakening of Muslims and their realization of the importance of compliance with Shari'ah laws in business dealings have enabled them to achieve their economic and wellbeing goals. This conceptual paper proposes eHalal4All Program, which is to be adopted as one of the 1AZAM Malaysian government-sponsored programs, and implemented as a proof-of-concept in raising the economic and social status of rural communities in Sabah, Malaysia. This program has the potential to enhance wellbeing by providing these rural communities with new skills, machinery, eHalal4All Portal, network of entrepreneurs and Network-of-Mosques (NoM) in generating new sources of income. eHalal4All Program is executed based on the deployment of the Quadruple Helix Model (QHM), where a country's economic structure lies on four actors namely: Government, Academia, Industry, and Citizen, and the economic growth are generated by the clustering and concentration of talented and productive actors. Literature reviews and nine (9) blocks of Business Model Canvas (BMC) framework are used as methodology for this paper. As the extent of rural poverty in Malaysia is expected to be reduced and societal wellbeing to be enhanced through eHalal4All Program, an added benefit is the minimization of the rural-urban migration process. This in turn will result in less pressure on government to provide additional spending on services such as education, provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal, housing, and health in urban areas as well as having to deal with a host of problems associated with overgrown cities/towns such as a higher incidence of crime and of shanty towns on the outskirts of these cities. Thus, demonstrating the contribution of NoM in realising partly the meaning of "Rahmatan li'l-Alamin".