Last December, the 30-something CEO of a startup in Jakarta raised $100 million, a record for such a business in Indonesia. His name is William Tanuwijaya, and his e-commerce company is called Tokopedia. SoftBank is now Tokopedia's largest investor.

A mysterious new partnership between Indonesia’s spy agency and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to boost foreign investment has civil society wary of deepening agrarian conflict in the post-authoritarian country.

Fibre broadband start-up MyRepublic, based in Singapore and backed by Indonesian telco Sunshine Network and French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel, has announced the launch of fibre internet services in Indonesia.