President Jokowi Appreciate Gojek App As Creative Innovation
4 August 2015 16:54 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta- President Jokowi personally appreciates GoJek, motorbike transport app, founder, Nadim Makarim. Jokowi said on Tuesday, August 4, that such innovation needs to be developed by other small industries, helping them competing in global market.
"It is a good application. Our economy needs such app to improve its state," he said.
Jokowi’s statement came during a dialogue with a number of creative economy entrepreneurs and innovators in the Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Serpong, Banten, on Tuesday.
Some of the honorary guests include director Lucky Kuswandi, GoJek founder Nadim Makarim, writer Dewi Lestari, and musician Yovie Widianto.
In the dialogue, GoJek founder Nadim Makarim asked to pay more attention to app-based industry owner. He said that the business offers a great potential ahead. "We ask [President Jokowi] to help open investment for this type of business," he said.
REZA ADITYA