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How Long Do You Need to Start a PMA in Indonesia?
dealing with paperwork is a hassle when foreigners want to invest in Indonesia. Smart Legal Consulting helps to give consultation and get formal documents. Are you interested in opening a company in Indonesia? Not so fast. All foreign investors need to follow procedures to invest in Indonesia. The country is famous for its complicated…
Read MoreFintech Games, The Effective Way For Financial Literacy
In general the definition of literacy is the ability of people in understanding and implementing an information. So financial literacy is the ability of a person in understanding and implementing of the financial information so that they can anticipate various obstacles that may occur. In 2014 the financial literacy in our country was…
Read More2018 Fintech Fair: Socializing Financial Literacy
A great event of financial technology (fintech) industry had been held in Jakarta. The event with the title of The 2018 Indonesia Fintech Fair was expected to be an appropriate event for some fintech companies to improve the public awareness about technology-based lending services and companies or more popularly called as Peer to Peer Lending…
Read MoreCryptocurrency, Not Always Safe Investment
Maybe this will be a bad news for those who are optimistic about the development of Bitcoin that in less than a month this cryptocurrency has dropped dramatically to 21%. On June 18, 2018, the price of Bitcoin was traded at US $ 6,443 or Rp 86.9 million. The Data released by Coinbase stated that…
Read MoreIndonesian Coal and Rubber Business is Still Promising
Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Arcandra Tahar, said that the coal business is still very promising in Indonesia. “Recently The coal business is still increasing due to the high necessity for energy. Even until 2050, energy mix in Indonesia is still 25 percent that sourced from coal. Even in 2025, it will…
Read MoreIndonesian Market Became Target of China’s Textile Industry
Thousands sheet of neatly lined fabrics filled the area of China Textile City International Convention and Exhibition Center, where became the site of the 2018 Keqiao Textile Expo in Shaoxing, China. The spring exhibition, which included 1,392 booths and 540 textile companies, also offered a variety of textile products, consist of clothing, curtains, and hijab,…
Read MoreSantripreneur Can Contribute to Indonesian Economy
Pondok pesantren (ponpes) potentially had to support the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution in Indonesia. This was based on the roadmap of Making Indonesia 4.0, where one of the national priority steps that needed to be implemented was to empower of Indonesian company especially micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). “Recently ponpes…
Read MorePesantrenpreuner, Economic Empowerment Based On Boarding School
Pesantrenpreneur Program already initiated by the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPMI) and inaugurated by President Joko Widodo. The program will be run in an integrated steps, starting from training, mentoring, capitalization, to marketing. One of the early realization of Pesantrenpreneur Program is the opening of Islamic concept stores called “Ummart” in 10 pesantren…
Read MoreGovernment Committed to Increase Value Added of Indonesian Coffee
The Ministry of Industry is committed to increase the value added of coffee in Indonesia, which is the fourth biggest coffee producing country in the world after Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia. “We are committed to increasing the value added of coffee through the support of machine, so after roasting and packaging, the coffee can have…
Read MoreIndonesia Ready to Face Industrial Revolution 4.0
The researcher of Industry and Trade Departement at Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Endang S. Soesilowati, had suggested six points to face the Industrial Revolution 4.0, which was a challenge for domestic workers. For the industry, it is hoped that the decision of the automation just work that are heavy and physically and mindly…
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