AIYA Links: 19 February
In the news
- President Jokowi spruiked Indonesia’s booming tech sector during a visit to Silicon Valley, after representing Indonesia at the US-ASEAN Summit near Palm Springs.
- Ahead of the summit, Indonesia announced a ‘big bang’ of foreign investment liberalisation, with the president telling foreign media there’s more on the way.
- Reuters reports on plans to strengthen Indonesia’s anti-terrorism legislation, which include controversial preventative detention powers.
- New York Times: a string of homophobic remarks by public figures highlights Indonesia’s failures on gay rights.
- For your entertainment: Mas Bule confounds Starbucks with an order for coffee the Javanese way.
At the AIYA Blog
- Marsita Riandini introduces us to the Betangas, Indonesia’s answer to the sauna (with more spices).
Events & opportunities
- McKinsey & Company will hold recruitment sessions in Sydney & Melbourne for positions at its Jakarta office: details at the AIYA Jobs Board.
- Australian Volunteers for International Development assignments for Indonesia are now available.










Bede has also co-founded Lazada Indonesia, which is now the largest eCommerce company in the country. With his wife he has since founded their own company, Paraplou Group. Bede and Susie have managed to boot-strap a successful start-up, build a team of 60 people, raise $1.7m in one of the biggest tech deals in Indonesia last year.