GrabTaxi and the World Bank Assist Governments in Solving Traffic Issues

GrabTaxi collaborates with the World Bank in solving the traffic of public transportation issues as well as improving the traffic security for people in Southeast Asia. They plan to provide free OpenTraffic platform to the government of several countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Continue reading GrabTaxi and the World Bank Assist Governments in Solving Traffic Issues

Three Indicators of Why Indonesian Tech Industry Will Be More Successful in 2015

2014 has officially passed us by. Yes, it’s true that there were tons of positive milestones written during last year, but 2015 will mark the real boom of tech industry in Indonesia. There are at least three catalysts that will turn this prediction into reality. Continue reading Three Indicators of Why Indonesian Tech Industry Will Be More Successful in 2015

Sanitation Hackathon Challenges Developers to Solve Sanitary Issues

If you are bored with the hackathons held in the last months, you may start paying attention to this one. This event is interesting, because developers are not required to work on a commercial apps. In this event, developers are asked to give a solution for a problem faced by the world’s citizen.

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Sanitation Hackathon Tantang Pengembang Pecahkan Masalah Sanitasi

Jika bosan dengan banyaknya acara hackathon yang sering diselenggarakan dalam beberapa bulan terakhir, para pengembang bisa mencermati event hackathon yang satu ini. Event ini menarik, karena pengembang tidak dituntut untuk mengembang sebuah aplikasi yang mempunyai tujuan komersial. Dalam acara ini, pengembang diminta untuk turut memberikan solusi dalam masalah yang dihadapi penduduk dunia. Continue reading Sanitation Hackathon Tantang Pengembang Pecahkan Masalah Sanitasi

World Bank : It’s Not Easy Doing Business in Indonesia

A recent report from World Bank tries to analyze whether Indonesia is a “business friendly” country in terms of how easy it is to start a business in Indonesia. By “business” we mean people trying to start a company or a foreign company tries to enter the Indonesian market.

In this report called “The Ease of Doing Business in Indonesia 2012“, Indonesia is at the #129 out of 183 economies analyzed by World Bank. It’s not exactly a good news especially looking at the fact that Indonesia goes down 3 spots from last year. Not a good thing indeed.

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World Bank : Tidak Mudah Berbisnis di Indonesia

Sebuah laporan dari World Bank mencoba menganalisa apakah Indonesia merupakan lahan yang bagus untuk memulai bisnis. Bisnis ini berlaku untuk entrepreneur dan juga untuk perusahaan dari luar Indonesia yang ingin berinvestasi (masuk) ke Indonesia.

Di laporan yang bertajuk “The Ease of Doing Business in Indonesia 2012” ini, Indonesia menempati urutan ke 129 dari total 183 negara. Bukan sebuah hal yang bisa dibanggakan, terutama jika mengingat bahwa posisi Indonesia ini turun 3 peringkat dibandingkan dengan data yang sama tahun 2011.

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