Jakarta (MidLand) – The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) stressed that the community absolutely must master technology so that the vision of a golden Indonesia in 2045 can be realized.
This message was delivered by the Inspector General (Irjen) of the Ministry of Communications and Information, Arief Tri Hardiyanto, in conjunction with the 116th anniversary of National Awakening Day.
“Mastering technology is a necessity for all of us to welcome a golden Indonesia,” Arief said in his statement on Wednesday.
He then discussed the situation that over the past three decades, the development of digital technology has developed very rapidly and has become a solution to overcome the limitations experienced by the world community.
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According to him, Indonesia also needs to use digital technology as a means that can accelerate the country’s growth to become a developed country.
Furthermore, the development potential in Indonesia is currently enormous thanks to the demographic bonus created over the last two decades.
The demographic bonus that strengthens human resources causes 60% of the Indonesian population to become workers of productive age.
Also in terms of technology adoption the potential is large, it can also be seen that people connected to access to information increasingly prevails. According to data from the Indonesian Association of Internet Service Providers (APJII), Internet penetration has reached 79.5% of the total population.
“This means that people can easily access information to create innovations from digitalisation,” he said.
“For Indonesia to realize the vision of Golden Indonesia 2045, which is to make Indonesia a developed country, the Indonesian economy must be revived to achieve 6-7% growth,” he said.
This moment should produce digital talents capable of bringing new innovations for the technological progress and economic growth of the country.
Therefore, Arief on the occasion of the National Day of Awakening 2024 called on all elements of the nation to collaborate so that they can realize this dream.
“It is impossible for us to move slowly, because we are racing against time, at this point all the potential of our natural resources, our demographic bonus, the potential of our digital transformation, will become the fundamental capital towards a golden Indonesia 2045 ,” he said.
And he added: “The opportunity comes only once, so we must not make a mistake in choosing a step.”
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