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Indonesian ​​integrated fishery firm Aruna aims to make Indonesia center of the world’s maritime economy by 2045. Here’s how:

In the interview, Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer Sus Utari Octavianty also shared details on Aruna’s plan, strategy and challenges it faced.

In the Post-Covid world, pen and paper and the great resignation emerge as key hurdles for SMEs to ramp up their operations

With the reopening of borders and sectors across Southeast Asia, retail food and beverage (F&B) is ramping up again. However, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking to ride this wave of pent-up demand find themselves bogged down with familiar foes: pen and paper.

Alpha JWC expects E2W vehicles to be widely adopted in Indonesia soon; open for future opportunities in EV sector

E2W is highly potential, especially in Indonesia with its large market and increasing demand for motorbikes. The trends projected that E2W will be adopted widely soon, and with our superior proposition, we can provide the best-in-class options to cater to this,” Alpha JWC Ventures Co-Founder and General Partner Chandra Tjan told TechNode Global.

Carsome launches largest experience center in Malaysia

Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, Carsome, has elevated its hassle-free car buying experience with the launch of Carsome PJ Automall, its biggest experience center to-date in Malaysia and first that comes with electric vehicle charging stations.

Razer Fintech acquires Indonesian digital payment firm E2Pay

Razer Fintech’s acquisition of E2Pay expands the organization’s digital payment solutions into Indonesia, one of the region’s fastest-growing digital economies in the world.

Grab launches mapping service GrabMaps

Singapore-based super app Grab Holdings Limited announced Wednesday the launch of GrabMaps, a new enterprise service that will allow the company to tap into the $1 billion market opportunity in Southeast Asia per year for mapping and location-based services.

Southeast Asia primed for investments to bridge sustainability opportunities, says Bain & Co, Temasek report

SEA needs to move from promises to action and bridging the gap between opportunities and results will be a key milestone. We remain bullish on the $1 trillion economic opportunities in SEA, but we need to step up as a region to strengthen the investable market and increase green capital flows,” said Dale Hardcastle, Partner and Director of the Global…

Gobi Partners publishes inaugural Sustainability Report

"It is especially poignant for Gobi to publish our first Sustainability Report during Pride Month and on World Environment Day, and we look forward to further advancing and promoting environmental stewardship, social progress, and good governance through our work highlighted in this report and our sustainability initiatives in the future," Gobi said.

Indonesia’s J&T Express invests $136M for logistics center in Malaysia

JT Express, an Indonesia-based international express logistics company, announced Tuesday it has invested MYR600 million ($136.46 million) to purchase a 30-acre parcel of land in Bandar Rimbayu, Selangor, Malaysia, to build a logistics center. The land will be used to build an integrated logistics center for express distribution, logistics and…