CNGR Ding Xing New Energy have proposed to build an integrated nickel industrial area in Southeast Sulawesi Province with an estimated investment value of US$ 10.5 billion or about Rp164.34 trillion (assuming Rp15,651 per US$1). CNGR Indonesia's Public Relations Director Magdalena Veronika said that the plan had been mentioned in a state document.

The Finance Ministry's Customs and Excise Directorate-General Kendari City Customs and Excise Office along with the Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) Southeast Sulawesi Province Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine Office; or Southeast Sulawesi Quarantine, released the first export of live groupers from Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi to the Hong Kong market. The export for 3,200 kilograms (kg) of the fishes was carried out by Bintan Indo Sejahtera on Oct. 15, 2024.

Bank Indonesia (BI) Southeast Sulawesi Province Representative Office has held Southeast Sulawesi Economic Forum (Forkestra) National Seminar 2024, the fourth edition of the annual event.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry's Southeast Sulawesi Regional Office held the Mobile Intellectual Property Clinic (MIC) in 2024 with the hope of increasing investments to the province.

The 2024 Eastern Indonesia Sharia Economy Festival (FESyar KTI) was held in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi from July 7 to 10, 2024. It had "Synergy to Strengthen the Resilience and Revival of the Sharia Economy in the Eastern Region of Indonesia," as its theme.

The Southeast Sulawesi Province Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) plans to evacuate critically endangered anoas from a mining concession owned by Sulawesi Cahaya Mineral (SCM) in Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, to prevent a population decline.

The tourist attractions of Binongko Island in Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, is not limited to the beach and undersea life. There are also interesting natural attractions to visit on land, such as bathing withing cave springs and visiting the mangrove forest which some locals believe is the location of supernatural faux-crocodiles.

The tourist areas of Wakatobi and Labengki in Southeast Sulawesi Province gained significant attention at the Deep & Extreme Indonesia (DXI) 2024 Exhibition.