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Vice President Ma'ruf Amin appreciated the angel investors' network for halal start-ups, as a way for Indonesia to catch up with the development of the halal industry at the global level.

The investor network, which is called the Indonesia Halal Startup Business Angel Investor Network (IHSAN), was formed by the Nahdliyin Entrepreneurs Association (HPN) with the help of a businessman from the United States and founder of the Halal Angels Network, Tausif Malik.

"I heard that HPN is starting to seriously work on a start-up business among millennial entrepreneurs who will raise the investment potential of Muslim entrepreneurs from all over the world. This is a concrete step that makes people proud and takes istiqamah to strive for," Ma'ruf said virtually from Jakarta, Friday.

Ma'ruf said the halal industry must be developed because Indonesia has high potential, both in terms of human resources (HR) and resources natural resources, to create halal products. So far, Indonesia has only played a role as a label provider or halal certificate for products from abroad.

The Vice President also asked HPN to take advantage of opportunities in the halal's development industry, both in the food, clothing, financial, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics sectors. We want Indonesia to catch up with the halal industry, at least from Southeast Asia countries.

"As a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia still has to catch up with several countries such as Malaysia, which have seriously worked on the halal industry first," he said.

Angel investors are high net worth individuals who invest their funds in startups. Usually, these types of investors prioritize efforts to help startup companies and put profits aside.

Through the IHSAN program, HPN hopes that there will be more start-up entrepreneurs from nahdliyin to develop the halal industry in Indonesia. (Antaranews)