President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was recently officially inaugurated for his second term. Earlier this week, he announced his new Cabinet, known as Read more
Digital Economy
Indonesia’s central bank cut its key rate for the fourth time in as many months, in a move that helps Widodo’s push to accelerate growth.
Indonesia has relaxed data storage rules to allow private companies to keep and process data abroad, sparking criticism that the government is backtracking on digital sovereignty.
The country’s ranking in the 2020 EODB index cuts against President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s target for Indonesia to be ranked 40th next year.
“Indonesia I think is facing a very dynamic and uncertain global economy and an economic slowdown that is pressuring the whole world,” Indrawati said.
Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of Indonesia’s first startup unicorn Gojek, resigned from his company and said he will take up a cabinet post.
Google, Temasek, and consulting firm Bain & Company have released the fourth edition of the e-Conomy SEA 2019 report. This year’s edition features five key sectors.
The 2020 budget, which outlines the country’s source of income and expenses, allocates around US$180 billion for the next fiscal year. The amount is a 3% increase from this year’s budget.
The trial saw multiple tests conducted on the 28 GHz spectrum, obtaining the highest data download speeds of up to 1.62 Gbps with 11ms latency while upload speeds of 75.9 Mbps were measured.
Thousands of Indonesians are still in shelters two weeks after a deadly earthquake sparked a stream of fake news and hoaxes warning that an even bigger disaster was looming.
E-commerce giant Tokopedia is on course to nearly triple its contribution to the Indonesian economy this year, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
This achievement has made OVO the country’s fifth unicorn after ride-hailing app Go-Jek, online booking platform Traveloka and e-commerce platforms Tokopedia and Bukalapak.
“Our target was to have five unicorns by the end of 2019. Welcome to OVO that has already become the new Indonesian unicorn.”
With 3 billion people predicted to be offline still in 2023 and with many more failing to reap the internet’s full potential, the time to address digital exclusion is now.
Compared to other analytical techniques, such as gas chromatography, an electronic nose system can be built and can provide sensitive and selective analysis in real time.
The value of online transactions in areas from internet retail to car-hailing should reach $300 billion by 2025.
