Angel investing can help push entrepreneurship in Indonesia: Shinta Kamdani, ANGIN

Indonesia needs more entrepreneurs – 5.8 million to be exact, as declared by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo earlier this May – to secure both the country and the region’s economic development. Currently, the number of entrepreneurs in the Southeast Asia’s largest market is worrisome, with only 1.6 per cent of its total population. In comparison, Singapore has 7 per cent, Malaysia 6 per cent, Thailand 5 per cent, and Vietnam 3 per cent.