President Joko Widodo inspects a guard of honour mounted by members of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) before holding a meeting with Kenyan President William Ruto for discussions and ratification of bilateral trade cooperation agreements, at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 21, 2023. (Reuters/Monicah Mwangi)

The timing for Jokowi’s first tour of duty on the continent lines up with Indonesia’s quest to expand its trade and investment portfolio into “non-traditional markets”, while also dovetailing into the prevailing sense that the current world order dominated by wealthy Western powers has failed to champion the interests of developing countries.

The Africa trip is built around the 15th BRICS Summit, which is entertaining the possibility of admitting new member states to make good on a pledge to become a counterweight to status quo forums such as the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Yvette Tanamal (The Jakarta Post)

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