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Jokowi focuses on digital economy, human capital at Osaka G20 Summit

Also known as the Leader’s Side Event, the session consisted of two parts, respectively titled, Digital Economy & Trade and Investment and Innovation on Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence.

Agnes Anya (The Jakarta Post)
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Jokowi focuses on digital economy, human capital at Osaka G20 Summit The G20 Summit started with a photo session with state leaders, including (first row, from left) Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron, Indonesia President Joko Widodo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, United States President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Salman, Japan Prime Minister Shinxo Abe, Argentine President Mauricio Macri, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as well as (second row, from left) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, British Prime Minister Theresa May, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, European Union President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Senegal President Macky Sall, Chile President Sebastian Pinera and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)

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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended as part of the G20 Summit on Friday a session focused on the digital economy — one of his administration’s priority programs — in Osaka, Japan.

Also known as the Leader’s Side Event, the session consisted of two parts, respectively titled, Digital Economy & Trade and Investment and Innovation on Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence.

“Between the two working lunch sessions, the President will hold a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in,” said a statement released by Indonesia’s Presidential Protocol and Press Bureau on Friday.

“After that, the President was scheduled to hold several bilateral meetings. In the evening, the President and [First Lady] Iriana will head to Osaka Geihinkan, where the leaders of G20 countries will be treated to a cultural performance and a joint dinner.”

The Foreign Ministry’s outgoing spokesperson, Arrmanatha Nasir, previously said that Jokowi would raise during the summit the issue of the digital economy and human capital development. The two sustainable development-related topics are among Jokowi’s central themes for his first term in office.

The reelected President prepared the 2020 state budget to improve essential services, such as education, health care and basic infrastructures, and boost the quality of human resources throughout the country.

Indonesia now boasts of having three start-up unicorns, namely e-commerce firms Tokopedia and Bukalapak, as well as airline ticketing and hotel booking service Traveloka. Meanwhile, ride-hailing firm Gojek has been classified as a decacorn with a value of over US$10 billion.

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