Global eyes on startup fever in Indonesia
Starting from the e-commerce field followed by sectors like the co-working space, the mobility and the fintech services, young and ambitious startups have been playing crucial roles in taking initiatives to bring digital technology into designing customized solutions in a local context.
As Bari Arijono stressed throughout his book, 'Indonesia Digital Nation', digital transformation has been widely undergoing all over major industries in Indonesia.
High Time for Digital Cooperation between Korea and Indonesia
What COVID-19 has showed to the Indonesian society has served a wake-up call to this irreversible trend of the digital Indonesia. There are yet pending issues to tackle in startup fever in Indonesia.
Poor IT infrastructures in non-urban areas, shortage of high-skilled work forces and widespread financial illiteracy have taken roots in many parts of the nation. This is where digital cooperation between Korea and Indonesia can take a meaningful step forward.
Spread of mobility service and Indonesian cashless society
Of course, cashless society is still at its infant stage. A life without cash may not ring a meaningful bell to those staying in less-developed parts of Indonesia.
However, hopes are higher than ever that a cashless society primarily enabled by unprecedentedly fast expansion of mobility services will surely advance the national dream of digital Indonesia into reality.
Spread of mobility service and Indonesian cashless society
Of course, cashless society is still at its infant stage. A life without cash may not ring a meaningful bell to those staying in less-developed parts of Indonesia.
However, hopes are higher than ever that a cashless society primarily enabled by unprecedentedly fast expansion of mobility services will surely advance the national dream of digital Indonesia into reality.
