Indonesia’s very own Silicon Valley

Future tech hub: A worker pushing a trolley next to a well-decorated park at Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. Joko wants the yet-to-be named city in East Kalimantan to foster development of technology startups and a digitised manufacturing sector. — Reuters

Jakarta: Indonesia’s new capital city will be modelled on Silicon Valley, a base for tech and creative companies, besides hosting the government apparatus, according to President Joko Widodo.

The president wants the yet-to-be named city in East Kalimantan on the Borneo island to foster development of technology startups and a digitised manufacturing sector, The Jakarta Post reported, citing Widodo as telling journalists on Tuesday.