For many small businesses in Papua, reaching customers beyond their immediate community has traditionally been difficult. Distance, transportation costs, and limited access to wider markets can make even a good…
The Papua Coffee Festival 2026 is putting one of the province’s most promising agricultural products at the center of an economic conversation. Held from August 7 to 9 at the…
Efforts to strengthen Papua economic empowerment have entered a new phase as 1,700 households across 79 villages participate in financial literacy and entrepreneurship training designed to improve family incomes and…
For years, the aging Sarinah Building has been a familiar sight to Jayapura residents who pass through the city center. Nearby, Ampera Field is still one of the few open…
For a long time, many small food businesses in Papua worked within a familiar circle. They sold to neighbors, to nearby towns, and sometimes to passing buyers who already knew…
In the early morning sunshine that filters through the dense rainforest canopy of Papua, small families cultivate sago palms by hand. They tend the trees and process the starch with…
On a humid morning in early December 2025, a modest office of the customs and quarantine authorities in Merauke buzzed with energy and quiet resolve. Dozens of local small-business owners,…
November 15, 2025, Papua entered a new phase of economic transformation—one shaped not by large-scale infrastructure or extractive industries, but by the power of creativity, local expertise, and community-driven enterprise.…
In the scenic yet economically challenging provinces of Indonesia’s easternmost region – Papua, West Papua and South Papua – a fresh wave of optimism is sweeping through local micro, small and medium…
Jayapura – In conjunction with the Republic of Indonesia Oeang Day (HORI-78), the Papua Representative Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance held a Coaching Program New Exporter (CPNE) for Papuan…