Tanoto Foundation Fights Poverty through Education
Poverty in Indonesia has decreased significantly over the past few decades, from 24 percent of the population in 1999, to 17 percent in 2004, to 12 percent in 2012. Yet,… Read more >
Irwan Hidayat Took a Family Business Public to Become Highly Successful
Irwan Hidayat recently spoke to a group of Indonesian young would-be entrepreneurs in an installment of the Tanoto Entrepreneurship Series. The series, founded by RGE Group CEO Sukanto Tanoto, invites… Read more >
Susi Pudjiastuti – Self-Made Entrepreneur and Government Leader
In October 2014, Indonesian President Joko Widodo appointed the first-ever high school dropout to his country’s cabinet. At the time of her appointment, Susi Pudjiastuti, the new Minister of Marine… Read more >
Like Indonesia, Africa Aims to Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
Across the developing world, new initiatives are working to encourage and sustain entrepreneurism, to the benefit of both individual entrepreneurs and entire societies. In Indonesia, self-made businessman and philanthropist Sukanto… Read more >
Kenyan Leaders Learn RGE Business Philosophy
Recently, a group of 10 senior-level officials from Kenya traveled to Singapore to learn about RGE Business Philosophy and the Group’s sustainability and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The trip highlighted… Read more >
School Libraries Can Open New Doors to Learning in Indonesia
Students at SDN 007 Gumanti in the province of Riau, Indonesia, recently enjoyed participating in a Tanoto Foundation-sponsored activity in which they created their own art and stories based on… Read more >
Tanoto Foundation Strengthens Teacher Skills
Thanks to the Tanoto Foundation, Indonesian schoolteachers are learning new skills to help them encourage children to be more engaged in reading and learning. Established as an ongoing project of… Read more >
Tanoto Foundation Offers Instrumental Support to Student Inventors
Muchammad Adib, a student at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and his two colleagues in the school’s engineering program, have created an impressive new way for visually impaired individuals… Read more >
Tanoto Foundation Seeks to Discover What Makes a Good Entrepreneur
The Tanoto Foundation, established by self-made Indonesian entrepreneur Sukanto Tanoto and his wife, funds a wide range of programs that benefit underserved people in Indonesia and other parts of the… Read more >
Indonesian Entrepreneur Helps Fulfill Students’ Educational Dreams
In the first week of November 2014, a very special group of students celebrated their graduations from Nanjing Forestry University and Qufu Normal School in China. These students from underprivileged… Read more >