As many as 120 coached traders under the West Jakarta Industry Trade Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (PPKUKM) Sub-agency will participate in a West Jakpreneur Festival virtual bazaar (Jabfest), which falls on April 19 to May 19.

It will be held through www.jabfestivalofficial.com

According to Nuraeni Silviana, Sub-agency Head of West Jakarta PPKUKM, the Jabfest was held to stimulate the marketing activities of MSME actors to remain sustainable amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to cultivate the use of local MSME products.

"It can also encourage them (MSMEs) to be motivated and have an entrepreneurial spirit in the growth and development of integrated entrepreneurship (PKT)," she expressed, Friday (4/16).

In the event, her sub-agency was targeting a transaction of Rp 2 million.

She added the products to be marketed consisted of foods and beverages, crafts and fashion that had been curated by professional staff in their fields. It was not covered by the City Budget (APBD), so it would be free of charge.

"It will be held through www.jabfestivalofficial.com. We expect support, especially from ASNs and the whole community to be able to buy West Jakarta's superior products," she hoped.