The city-state is still Asia Pacific’s best sandbox for early-stage start-ups, but other countries in the Southeast Asian region are becoming more competitive, tech industry insiders say.

Japan’s Mitsui & Co and Indonesian construction firm Surya Semesta Internusa invest in solar power start-up.

Sustainability has become a hot topic, not only for government policymakers but for corporate leaders as well. In the coming years, sustainability issues will play a huge role in defining corporate agendas and could recalibrate the relationship between business and society. These developments are welcome, and corporate leadership is needed now more than ever.

Many believe that conventional banks will eventually catch up to financial technology (fintech) platforms and digital banks in terms of retail banking competitiveness, but industry players hinted that collaboration with them might be the key to success as it can be more efficient.

An Indonesian start-up working with the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry in a waste management program says it needs more trash to scale-up operations and eventually process recyclables in the country rather than exporting them.

Bank DBS Indonesia issued a short-term loan worth Rp 500 billion to aquaculture start-up eFishery, as announced in a signing ceremony held on Friday.

The increasingly popular adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), big data and Internet of Things (IoT) globally in recent times has affected the demand for chip computing and talented semiconductor workers.

The Communications and Information Ministry has once again postponed the analog switch-off (ASO) program for Jakarta, leading experts to question whether digital television broadcast in Indonesia will be feasible in time.

Indonesian developers seek to follow up on deals struck after the Gamescom trade fair as they push for a greater share of the global gaming market, and the government is lending a helping hand.

Xendit, a Souteast Asian financial technology (fintech) unicorn, has laid off 5 percent of its staff in Indonesia and Philippines due to the macroeconomic situation, the company has announced.

Google Asia Pacific announces a new partnership with Alpha JWC Ventures in cloud adoption for start-ups, which also include trainings and workshops pertaining to Google’s platforms and technologies.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg revealed a planned pause in hiring during a weekly all-hands meeting, the Journal reported, saying the move came as the social media titan planned to cut expenses by at least 10 percent.

Indonesia Investment Authority’s involvement in a US$300 million funding to Traveloka is believed to be a good deal as it will help the sovereign wealth fund, seeing as how the unicorn is a leading player in the online travel agent market, which is deemed highly lucrative.

Russia's decision to halt gas supplies via Europe's key supply route in the wake of the Ukraine conflict has increased the chances of power shortages. In France, the situation is made worse by several nuclear power plants shutting down for maintenance.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asked SOEs along with their venture-capital arms to be more involved in aiding home-grown start-ups, hoping it could boost the country’s digital-economic resilience amid a highly competitive tech-firm market.

Shopee Indonesia has announced layoffs in Indonesia, following a wider trend that has been unsettling workers in the country’s tech sector over the past few months.

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) will undertake a preliminary investigation into Google in the next 60 days, on suspicion of monopoly, product tying, abuse of dominant position and discrimination, all through the mandatory use of Google Pay Billing (GPB).

Despite huge potential, the game ecosystem in Indonesia is relatively underdeveloped, because the essential conditions that would kick-start better development have never appeared simultaneously.

Even with most coronavirus pandemic restrictions lifted, employees in workplaces across Indonesia have come to expect some degree of working from home (WFH), and while cybersecurity was often an afterthought, experts say that needs to change, and fast.

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) maintains its careful approach in handling peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, giving the relatively new industry time to adjust to more stringent regulations and maintaining its moratorium on new licenses.

While the central government is pushing for the development of an electric vehicle (EV) industry in the country, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan says his administration is not promoting the usage of electric cars.

The government is planning auction segments of the 2.1 GHz radio frequency band in a move that may hasten 5G network development as the country strives to cultivate a more technological economy.

"Any new product will be complementary to our existing ads business," the spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed statement.

The event is conclusive proof of Indonesian e-sports development, as it provides opportunities for the younger generation to self-actualize and make careers out of gaming.

In under two years, PIX has become the most popular form of payment in Brazil, surpassing credit and debit cards -- the first time a government-run alternative to plastic has been successfully implemented in Latin America.

State-controlled venture capital outfit the Merah Putih Fund has received an operating permit from the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and is looking to collect Rp 4.44 trillion in the first quarter of 2023.

The suspected data breaches from PLN and IndiHome, involving a huge chunk of private data getting sold and distributed on an online forum, shed light on how much Indonesia needs the new PDP bill.

The Communications and Information Ministry has said it would stick to its deadline for the analog switch-off (ASO) program, ensuring that the national transition from analog to digital television would be conducted by Nov. 2 this year. 

Demand for smartphones in Indonesia is projected to drop in the second half of this year, extending a decline seen in the second quarter.

A burgeoning financing mechanism gives retail investors easy access to small businesses, with all the risks and benefits that entails.