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The Papua Province Plantation and Livestock Office gave its appreciation to the Yoboi Village Sago Festival, which showcases the potential of the sago commodity in Papua. Papua Plantation and Livestock Office Head Matheus Philep Koibur stated in Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, Papua on Mar. 1, 2025, that the festival highlighted sago as a local food source, encouraged environmental conservation, and improved the local community's economic conditions.
Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid ensured that the plan to create an artificial intelligence (AI) center in Papua can be realized through collaboration with global technology companies, following up the minister's direct meeting with Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jansen Huang at the end of 2024. Huang has plans to build an AI center in Eastern Indonesia.
The Papua Provincial Government hopes that there will be direct export activities to destination countries of Papua Province's exports so that new job opportunities could be created and greater added value for business actors, especially in the industrial and trade sectors.
The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) stated that as many as 15.8 tons of fresh fish from the Modern Fishing Village (Kalomo) in the Samber and Binyeri villages of Yendidori District, Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province, were again sent to the Java Island market.
Banking state-owned enterprise (SOE) PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BRI is involved in the syndicated financing of the Trans Papua Road project, Jayapura-Wamena Section, Mamberamo-Elelim Segment in the Papua Mountains Province.
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Papua said that the Pacific region is a site of future economic opportunity. Hence, the Kadin branch invites business actors to start working on said potential.
The Papua Provincial Government trained dozens of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) about how to enter the export market on Oct. 22, 2024. The training provided includes improving the quality of export products to export procedures and mechanisms.