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The Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria along with the Indonesian Trade and Promotion Center (ITPC) Johannesburg held a meeting with business representatives from the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa to identify a lot of  business opportunities in the Province. The Indonesian Embassy Pretoria in its Information on Thursday (7/10) stated that the business meeting for stakeholders held recently  was attended by Indonesian Ambassador to South Africa, Salman Al Farisi.  Ambassador Salman assesses that the meeting with business activists from Mpumalanga, South Africa is very helpful in identifying lots of  business opportunities that can be realized immediately.

Ambassador Salman Al Farisi also assessed that there are many interesting opportunities that can be followed up  both for trade, investment and capacity building. Even, some projects are for work not only  in South Africa, but also in several neighboring countries of South African, such as Botswana, Namibia , Mozambique and Malawi . The meeting with the Mpumalanga businesspeople was also attended by Director of the ITPC Johannesburg, Anggun Paramita Mahdi and Deputy Director of the ITPC Johannesburg, Jhanner Jhonatan.

While the business delegates from Mpumalanga province were led by Mike Masina from the JJ Engineering and Fabrication Center company.  Mike Masina is a former mayor of Middleburg. It is a city in the province of Mpumalanga. The meeting  has succeeded in identifying a number of businesses, investments and other collaborations, such as procurement of tires for public transportation, procurement of telecommunications equipment, such as fiber optics and cooperation in telecommunication infrastructure development.

Moreover, the Indonesian Embassy also obtained the opportunity to provide capacity building assistance for the young generation of South Africa, particularly in the field of information technology and telecommunications as well as economic empowerment through Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.  Ambassador Salman further stated that the Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria and ITPC Johannesburg will try to materialize the opportunities sooner.