The Jakarta Post
Indonesia’s digital economy is well on track to dominate Southeast Asia as its market value triples to US$130 billion by 2025 from $40 billion in 2019, with e-commerce and ride-hailing sectors spearheading the growth. According to the annual “e-Conomy Southeast Asia” study, conducted by American tech giant Google, Singaporean holding company Temasek and management consulting firm Bain & Company, the e-commerce and ride-hailing sectors are firing on all cylinders with the former growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 88 percent from 2015 to 2019 with a gross merchandise value (GMV) of $21 billion and the latter grew at a CAGR of 57 percent with a GMV of $6 billion. “The e-commerce and ride-hailing sectors are growing rapidly [in Indonesia] due to large funding and tight competition from local and regional players,” said Google Indo...