The development of the digital industry has changed the need for workforces. The World Bank and McKinsey projected that between 2015 and 2030, Indonesia would need approximately nine million talented workforces in the digital sector. Therefore, we need a palpable breakthrough by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Department of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf) embodied in the Baparekraf Developer Day and Baparekraf Digital Talent.

According to IDEA, from 30 million MSME targets in 2024, 16.4 million have gone digital. It is a tremendous acceleration as it reflects a 105% increase from the pre-pandemic, where only 8 million MSMEs have onboarded digital platforms. To reach the other 13.6 million, we will encourage micro-scale businesses with small production capacity to onboard local platforms instead of the global-scale unicorn e-commerce, to avoid competition with big brands.

A study conducted by the Ministry of Finance and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) entitled “Innovate Indonesia: Unlocking Growth Through Technological Transformation”, in which a survey conducted to 502 domestic companies, found that the level of technology adoption of companies in Indonesia is mostly in the basic category (64%), while for the advanced category, it is still relatively small (6%).

Internet of Things (IoT), digitization, big data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will affect not only health services delivery but also diagnostics. The fundamental aspect is the data. Health data needs to be standardized so that it can be easily accessed. In addition, data ownership must be clear. Aside from being owned by health facilities, each individual must also own the data.

KADIN has mapped and determined the roadmap for digital economy development. The top priority is reinforcing the ecosystem of the digital economy at the local and national levels. Program Coordination and Synergy with the government is the key to accomplishing this goal.

The main challenge of digital development in Indonesia is product innovation, such as designing the most advanced technology. From the startup point of view, this challenge is related to the operational aspect. Indonesia has a huge market, but the challenge is the technology creators and its users are not yet well-literated with technological advancement.