Support MSMEs Go Global, Telkom Brings Fostered SMEs To Follow China-ASEAN Expo

JAKARTA - As a form of commitment from PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) in supporting MSME Go Global, Telkom brought three of its fostered micro and small business products (UMK) at the China-ASEAN Expo activity at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center (NICE), which is located in the city of Nanning, Guangxi, China some time ago.

The event was also attended by the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma'ruf Amin, and SOE Minister Erick Thohir who had the opportunity to provide a message regarding strengthening the commitment of the Ministry of SOEs to bring MSMEs into the global market.

The China-ASEAN Expo event is an exhibition of agreements at the 7th ASEAN Chinese Summit in October 2003 which also became a forum for cooperation between China and countries in ASEAN in the fields of trade, investment, and tourism. Along with dozens of UMK players throughout Indonesia, Telkom displayed a number of its flagship MSMEs, namely Bali's ROTB, Radalexo Bali, and Soko Craft from Pekalongan.

Through this activity, Telkom seeks to provide a forum for its fostered SMEs to get to know a wider business development area and promise the future of SMEs which are welcomed by business actors, one of which is SME Radalexo.

"Hopefully in the future we can participate again in other SME exhibitions both at home and abroad. In my opinion, an exhibition like this is very good in addition to introducing local SME products but also increasing enthusiasm for SMEs to work, be creative, and compete with other SME players," said the owner of SME Radalexo, Ni Putu Radhani Sanjigandewi, in Telkom's official statement, quoted Monday, September 25.

Telkom support is a form of commitment to achieve the goals of SDGs point 8 which ensures good livelihoods and economic growth, one of which is by increasing the level of MSMEs in Indonesia by exporting products abroad. This is also a form of Telkom's concern in building the progress of MSMEs to achieve global arena.

In addition, Telkom also provides guidance in the form of education on the importance of understanding digitalization as the first step for business actors to adapt to the development of globalization that continues to this day. Telkom also provides other efforts in the form of procuring certification for business actors to briefing each MSME actor to be able to expand to the global arena.

"In line with Telkom's focus on targeting the B2B segment, Telkom always supports Indonesian SMEs to enter the global arena and expand its market to support Indonesia's economic growth. It is hoped that through the participation of Telkom's fostered SMEs at this event, it can be a motivation for SME players to continue to develop," concluded the SGM Community Development Center Telkom, Hery Susanto.