Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir said that Indonesia is projected to require as many as 17 million technology literate workers.
“The country needs the younger generation to develop a knowledge base economy so that there will be many innovations that Indonesia needs to compete with other countries,” Erick said in his statement in Jakarta, Sunday.
SOEs (BUMN) continues to maximally encourage the emergence of creative talents of the younger generation. This is needed because Indonesia’s digital economy will grow to 4,500 trillion rupiah in 2030. This means that in Southeast Asia, Indonesia becomes king by controlling 30 percent.
“So you have to prepare yourself because 2030 is eight years away. The younger generation must develop innovation because it will be a force in the future to compete,” said Erick.
Therefore, he asked students not to stop developing digital potentials so that Indonesia’s digital ecosystem would be built.
“If we still play foreign-made games, then there must be local games that attract our own people. Don’t let our large population be used by other parties. Let’s be local creators, as well as lovers of local products so that the ecosystem grows,” he said.
BUMN is committed to continue to support the development of the digital ecosystem. Specific assignments were also given to Telkom and Telkomsel so as not to overlap.
“If Telkom is assigned to B to B affairs and digital infrastructure, such as cloud data, fiber optics, then Telkomsel handles B to C by building content such as health, fintech, and others. So you young people must take advantage of what is prepared government for the future,” said Erick. (mhn/bbs)
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