JHF #3 Strengthens Business Matching, Targets Rp100 Billion in Deals

Jogja Halal Festival #3 International is moving beyond a conventional consumer event. Its organizers are building a business-matching platform intended to connect sellers with buyers, investors and strategic partners in Indonesia and abroad.

The festival will take place from Dec. 4 to 6, 2026, at the Jogja Expo Center in Yogyakarta. The approach was discussed at a coordination meeting on Sept. 2 involving the organizing committee, regional government agencies in Yogyakarta and strategic partners.

Heroe Poerwadi, chair of the organizing committee, said the latest festival would take a different direction from its first two editions. “JHF #1 and #2 focused more on building the sharia economic ecosystem in Yogyakarta. At JHF #3, we want to expand it by introducing business matching, so business owners do not only meet consumers, but also buyers, investors and fellow business owners, both domestically and internationally,” he said.

The program will include an Investment Matching Desk, Halal SME/Product Matching Desk, Export Rate Desk, Halal Tourism Matching Desk, Halal Ecosystem and Finance Desk, and Empowerment Collaboration Matching Desk. Organizers plan to map and profile SMEs, identify buyers’ and investors’ needs, arrange matches and business meetings, then monitor follow-up agreements and transactions.

The event aims to bring together about 150 to 200 companies and SMEs as sellers, around 50 domestic buyers, and roughly 20 international buyers or partners. Organizers are working with the Indonesian Exporters Association’s Yogyakarta chapter, the Yogyakarta Chamber of Commerce and Industry, regional agencies and partner networks in several countries. They expect the meetings to produce Letters of Intent, memorandums of understanding and trade or investment transactions worth up to Rp100 billion.

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JHF #1 and #2 focused more on building the sharia economic ecosystem in Yogyakarta. At JHF #3, we want to expand it by introducing business matching, so business owners do not only meet consumers, but also buyers, investors and fellow business owners, both domestically and internationally.