JAKARTA - After Apple Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will visit Indonesia. This was stated by the Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi.
"After (CEO) Apple, at the end of the month Satya Nadella, (CEO) Microsoft," said Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie when met at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Wednesday.
Budi Arie explained that the government is also seeking the arrival of the CEO of Nvidia so that Indonesia becomes one of the technology supply chains with the visits of various giant technology companies in the world.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has just met President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Wednesday, to discuss the investment of the technology company from the United States in Indonesia.
"We're trying to get Jensen Huang NVidia here too. All the world's IT 'big player' is in Indonesia. This includes the industry too," said Budi Arie.
Budi emphasized that the discussion about Apple's investment as the largest technology giant from the US could make Indonesia one of the players from the world's supply chain on technology and products.
Meanwhile, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang stated that cellphone production in Indonesia in 2023 reached 49 million units, while imports were only 2.79 million units, of which 85 percent came from Apple products.
According to Agus, Apple is a unique approach so that the government can create a Domestic Component Level (TKDN) in order to provide added value to the State.
"Therefore, the interest of Indonesia remains to create its added value in Indonesia," said Agus.
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