Social entrepreneurship gaining traction among Indonesian youths


The Indonesian Bamboo Community is exploring the innovation of bamboo musical instruments to stimulate the country's creative industry. — Indonesian Bamboo Community/ The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network

AMONG the vocations that have gained popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic is “social entrepreneurship”, which is defined as the use of business mechanisms to tackle social challenges, or combining commercial and welfare logics to operate organisations.

According to a study by British Council Jakarta, social entrepreneurship has become an attractive career option for young people in Indonesia. What makes social entrepreneurship interesting is that it transforms social problems into business opportunities that create value.

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