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July 2024: Indonesia

The Indonesia tech snapshot for July 2024 touched on headlines covering Indonesia’s proposed cyber force for the military, the country’s increased focus on its critical minerals opportunities, Indonesian agri-tech focusing on the production of rice crops, and more.

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Critical minerals 2024

IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024

  • Indonesia has launched SE Asia’s first electric vehicles battery plant, expecting to deliver an estimated annual capacity of 10GWh of battery cells, capable of powering 150K EVs / full item
  • More on Indonesia’s Rize, a tech firm helping farmers adopt new methods which cut emissions while boosting yields and profits / full item
  • Indonesia: Discovery/Shift consultancy launches DSLaunchpad AI incubator, a 6-week programme for startups in machine learning, robotics, computer vision and similar fields / full item

Indonesia: ‘The creation of a cyber military force is becoming inevitable considering that state as well as non-state entities can now mount attacks on countries through cyberspace…’ / full item

  • Indonesia expands Simbara mineral and coal online tracking system to also track nickel and tin, recognizing geopolitical and technological importance of key minerals / full item
  • Telkom Indonesia’s int’l arm, Telin, inks MoU with Singtel for new subsea system connecting Singapore and Indonesia, operating under newly-formed consortium / full item
  • Indonesia’s national data center hit by ransomware, disrupting a number of public services; hackers demanded $8M ransom, which gov’t has refused to pay / full item
Payments Megatrends Asia Pacific 2024

Payments Megatrends Asia Pacific 2024 (pdf link)

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