President Joko Widodo (Photo:Medcom.id)
President Joko Widodo (Photo:Medcom.id)

Jokowi Invites Germany to Help Realize Digital Transformation in Indonesia

Wahyu Dwi Anggoro • 13 April 2021 12:22
Jakarta: Indonesia is seeking Germany’s partnership in a bid to realize 4.0 industry and digital transformation in Indonesia which focuses on human resource strengthening, investment climate, and green development, according to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
 
According to him, Indonesia is preparing to realize its vision of Golden Indonesia through 4.0 industry nearing one century of its independence in 2045.
 
Moreover, the country’s development of digital economy and 4.0 industry is currently the fastest in Southeast Asia and is set to become its power to realize its vision.

"Indonesia’s digital economy and 4.0 industry are the fastest in Southeast Asia. We have approximately 2,193 startups, the fifth largest in the world. We also have five unicorns and one decacorn,” President Jokowi said in his opening remarks online at the inauguration of the 2021 Hannover Messe from the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday, as quoted from the Cabinet Secretariat's website.
 
The President added that Indonesia’s 4.0 industry is forecast to contribute up to US$133 billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025.
 
With the fourth largest population in the world, particularly 185 million people connected to the internet, the industrial growth will carry Indonesia to the top ten global economic power in 2030, according to the President.
 
Therefore, Indonesia has invited Germany to partner with and realize digital transformation in Indonesia together, he stated.

 
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