Invest in Indonesian online education platform PT Edigy Djaya Global|Withus Co., Ltd. press release
Withus Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka; President and CEO: Tomio Ikoma; hereinafter referred to as “Withus”) is PT Edigy Djaya Global (formerly PT Edukita Jaya Global, headquartered in Indonesia), and its Operating an online education platform in Jakarta, CEO: Suryanto Wijaya, hereinafter referred to as “Edigy”) underwrote the third-party allotment, and held a signing ceremony on July 15, 2022.
Founded in 2020, Edigy has a number of services around “IT x Education” in Indonesia, including its own services Edu-Digy (online learning service for high school subjects) and Pro-Digy (online learning service for Japanese). expand our business.
Withus Group will cooperate with Edigy to promote consulting related to education business and human resource-related business through “Withus”, provide online/offline Japanese education and Japanese language education courses through the group company “Global Withus”, and expand overseas sales. We will fully demonstrate our strengths as a comprehensive education service company through the cooperation of group companies, as well as translation and interpretation business through our group company Yoshika. Based on our educational philosophy of “1/1 Education”, we will contribute to raising the educational level in Indonesia while contributing to solving Japan’s labor shortage problem by providing employment opportunities for young people in Indonesia. Do.
As the first step after participating in Edigy, the Group will establish a partnership with the Mangala Provincial Government and local universities to implement the We have signed an MOU (Basic Agreement) with UNIKA (Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng), including education and human resource dispatch.
(Reference) Announcement of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by the Manggarai Provincial Government (Indonesian only)
https://www.manggaraikab.go.id/pemkab-manggarai-sepakati-kerjasama-pelatihan-bahasa-jepang/
In April 2022, Withus promoted the global business department to the headquarters, and strengthened the global business as a new pillar after the cram school business, high school and employment support business. Especially in Asia, in addition to the Philippines and Vietnam where we already have operations, we will work with Edigy to connect the growth of Indonesia, which has the world’s fourth largest population, with the expansion of the group’s business.
(Left: Tomio Ikoma, President and CEO of the company, Right: Suryanto Wijaya, CEO of PT Edigy Djaya Global)
at the signing ceremony