TEMPO.CO, Silicon Valley - President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during his meeting with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, spoke highly about Facebook’s contribution to Indonesia’s economic and digital culture development.
“I hope Facebook can help Indonesia to realize her vision as the largest digital economy in Southeast Asia worth US$130 billion by 2020,” Jokowi said at Facebook’s office on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.
Since the rise of Indonesia’s digital economy was triggered by small and medium enterprises development, Indonesia has prepared a mid-term action plan focusing on providing digital access for SMEs.
The government has made a number of polices to boost the growth of technopreneurs and investments in the IT industry, as well as access to financing for SMEs. Jokowi added that the Indonesian government would also make policies that support innovations, including a program to nurture 1,000 technopreneurs and provide protections for startup companies.
“I also hope that Facebook will support Indonesia to empower the digital economy for SMEs,” Jokowi said in a press release sent by the Presidential Communication Team.
During the visit, Jokowi observed Facebook’s working space, had dialogues with employees from Indonesia and observed the demo location of the Oculus Virtual Reality.
DEWI RINA (SILICON VALLEY)
