Google Plans to Boost the Digital Economy in Indonesia

In the published report Google and Temasek As mentioned, Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia that has the largest internet users. This fact makes Indonesia an ideal market for digital startups to launch their business. Not just for startups unicorn such as Go-Jek, Traveloka and Tokopedia, but investors are also starting to look at new startups that have potential products.

Such that summarized DailySocial, the report titled e-Conomy SEA 2018 also recorded investment growth in the region. During the first half of 2018 (H1), the figure has reached $9,1 billion -- a nearly threefold increase over the same period last year.

In the report, Google also predicts that the sector e-commerce, online media, online travel, ride-hailing will get more investment in the coming year. Google also predicts that the internet economy in Indonesia will grow fourfold by 4 to reach $2025 billion.

To DailySocial Managing Director of Google Indonesia, who has only been in office for a few months, Randy Jusuf, said the report presented by Google and Temasek validated what was happening from the existing trends and conditions.

"I see that every day there is a lot of news about the growth of startups in Indonesia, investment, consolidation and others. I think this report validates what is happening today," said Randy.

Randy hopes that the relevant parties will not only read and understand the published reports, but also take immediate action to improve business performance.

"This report can certainly be used how ideally this information can move forward, using information with investors so that they can get investments and have confidence in the future," said Randy.

New office and initiation of "Google for Indonesia"

In addition to having a new Managing Director, Google has also moved their previous office around Senayan to the Jakarta SCBD area. Not much different from the previous office design, the new Google Indonesia office is also equipped with typical Indonesian decorations and a large work and play area for employees.

Under the new leadership, Randy also has plans to improve relations with the government and related parties to help more SMEs in Indonesia. One of the plans that will be launched is "Google for Indonesia" an activity that will be inaugurated in the near future by Google Indonesia.

"Not only focusing on SMEs, Google also wants to help startups and other parties to help improve the economy in Indonesia. For that, look forward to Google's plans for Indonesia in the future," concluded Randy.