SIBF 2026 Offers Investors 43 Potential Projects

Makassar (ANTARA) - The 2026 Sulampua Investment and Business Forum (SIBF), facilitated by Bank Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Provincial Representative Office, is offering 43 potential projects to domestic and international investors.

“The event strengthens investment promotion and interregional trade through activities taking place in Makassar on 28–29 October 2026,” said Rizki Ernasi Wimanda, head of Bank Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Representative Office, in Makassar on Wednesday (28 October).

With the theme “Advancing Sulampua’s Potential: From Regional Strengths to Global Value Chains”, the forum is a strategic step towards widening market access, improving the competitiveness of the region’s leading products and building broader business networks.

The initiative aims to bring together government, businesses, investors and trade partners to accelerate investment and expand export opportunities for leading products.

Rizki said the forum would be strengthened through three strategic measures. The first is to map potential investment projects and leading small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a more integrated way.

The second is to deepen collaboration with strategic partners, including financial institutions and financing providers, to support investment project preparation and develop financing schemes.

The third is to strengthen promotion and business facilitation through market sounding, business matching and assistance to encourage investment and trade transactions.

The programme includes promotion of investment projects and leading products, business meetings, four discussion sessions and visits to investment sites.

On the trade side, SME development at SIBF 2026 has generated export commitments worth Rp450 billion through partnerships between 31 SMEs and 44 buyers from 20 countries.

The participating SMEs come from four provinces: South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and North Maluku.