Microsoft steps up Indonesia tech battle with Bukalapak deal

US software giant invests in "unicorn" e-commerce platform

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Bukalapak has been a winner from the COVID-19 pandemic as e-commerce booms in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. (Nikkei montage/ Keiichiro Asahara)

SHOTARO TANI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- U.S. tech giant Microsoft is to invest in Indonesia's e-commerce platform Bukalapak, in the latest example of global tech firms' interest in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

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