The Deputy Minister of Communication and Information highlighted that Indonesia needs 9 million digital talents

Jakarta (MidLand) – Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Nezar Patria said Indonesia needs as many as nine million digital talents to optimize the national digital economy.

“And as for digital talent, we will need around 9 million people in 2030 to be able to revive the digital economy. The contribution of the digital economy to GDP (gross domestic product) can be greater if we can prepare talent well digital,” Nezar said in a press release., Wednesday.

He said this on Tuesday (26/3) in the digital economic dialogue at the Office of the Ministry of Communications and Information in Central Jakarta.

Currently, the digital economy has not made a significant contribution to GDP in Indonesia. Therefore, the government continues its efforts to reduce the digital divide by targeting around 50 million people to take part in digital literacy programmes.

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Nezar explained that, globally, the contribution of the digital economy is dominated by developed countries such as the United States and China, which has reached more than 50% of GDP. In ASEAN, Indonesia’s position is still below Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand.

“The contribution of our digital economy to GDP is still small, not that big, still less than 10% compared to countries like the US and China which are already above 50%,” he said.

However, the Deputy Minister of Communication and Information believes that Indonesia has great potential to stimulate digital economic growth in ASEAN.

According to him, in 2030, ASEAN’s digital economic contribution is expected to reach about 1 trillion US dollars (15.8 quadrillion rupees).

Meanwhile, Indonesia itself contributed nearly 40%, or about US$366 billion (Rs. 5.8 quadrillion). “So we can imagine ourselves as a great power in ASEAN,” she said.

Therefore, the Ministry of Communications and Information is working hard to accelerate digital transformation by providing adequate connectivity, especially for people living in underdeveloped, frontier and outermost (Q3) areas.

Apart from this, the government is also building a data center which will be needed to strengthen data flow distribution and processing.

“After that, of course, there are capable human resources. Because if people are ready, I think interactions aided by the digitalization process will become easier, especially for different sectors, especially here the business sector that can create economic value,” Nezar said.

In order to develop adequate human resources in the digital sector, the Ministry of Communication and Information is implementing the National Digital Literacy Movement Program, Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) and Digital Leader Academy (DLA) .

Nezar stated that the digital literacy movement is a form of strengthening human capital that is aware, capable and competent in carrying out activities assisted by digital technological processes.

“Through the Digital Talent Scholarship Program, i.e. scholarships intended for those who want to improve their skills in the digital field, and the culmination is the Digital Leadership Academy”, he concluded.

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Editor: Zita Meirina
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