Hi Social Entrepreneurship Enthusiasts!

Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading Online-to-Offline (O2O) mobile platform, and Warung Pintar, a social tech venture from Indonesia that provides micro and small business owners access to digital tools powered by IoT and data analytics through their proprietary “Smart Kiosks” are going to announce their partnership on: 

Date    : Thursday, 24 January 2019

Time   : 10:00 – 12:00 WIB

Venue : Impact Hub Jakarta at Coworkinc

WIMO Building 3rd Fl., Jl. Kemang I no.7 Bangka,Mampang Prapatan Jakarta 12730, Indonesia

This event will be organized by ASEAN Impact Challenge, which is a regional programme by Impact Hub Kuala Lumpur to discover innovators and entrepreneurs from Southeast Asia who are accelerating the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through cross-sector partnerships and scaling disruptive innovations. It plays a pivotal role in bringing together corporations such as Grab, with innovators such as Warung Pintar to catalyse partnerships that can bring about impact in the region.

Apart from the partnership announcement, the programme also features a panel discussion titled “2019 & beyond: Driving Forces for Indonesia’s Impact-Focused Startups”. The panel will explore the state of Indonesia’s impact-driven enterprise scene and deliberate on the key factors shaping its progress, such as the availability of impact capital, public-private partnerships and ecosystem enablers. The session will also shed light on the region’s largest economy’s role as a catalyst to advance social innovations in ASEAN and build an inclusive digital economy. The session will be attended by distinguished panels as well.

List of Panelists:

• Triawan Munaf, Chairman of Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (BEKRAF) (Invited, TBC)
• Nora’in Ali, Assistant Director; Head, Enterprise & Stakeholders Engagement Division, ASEAN Economic Community Department, The ASEAN Secretariat (Invited, TBC)
• Era Natasha, Programme Lead, ASEAN Impact Challenge
• Chris Yeo, Head of Grab Ventures
• Agung Bezharie, Co-Founder & CEO of Warung Pintar
• Moderator: Pradipta Nugrahanto, Editor-in-Chief, Tech in Asia Indonesia

 Should you are interested on joining the programme, kindly register yourself through http://bit.ly/aseanimpactchallengejakarta. Looking forward to your attendance!