JAKARTA - Director of the Digital Economy Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) Nailul Huda assessed that efforts are needed to increase the capacity of human resources (HR) as an effort to attract investment into the digital economy sector in the country.
Meanwhile, Indonesia's digital economy has the potential to grow to reach 200 billion US dollars (US) before 2030.
He explained that investment in digital startups in Indonesia continues to decline from year to year, from 2021 to 2024.
"In 2021, the investment could reach Rp144 trillion, which entered the digital startup. So, then in 2022 it fell to only around Rp63 trillion, then fell again, fell again," said Nailul as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 30.
He said the trend of the digital economy had reached its peak in 2021 and 2022.
Then, he continued, the growth of the digital economy in 2023 and 2024 has returned to normal conditions such as before the COVID-19 pandemic.
"So, indeed, if compared to the digital economy (Indonesia) it could reach 200 billion US dollars, we are quite doubtful about it actually," said Nailul.
On the other hand, he gave his appreciation to the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Kemkomdigi) which is currently focusing on developing and improving the quality of human resources in the digital economy sector.
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Previously, according to Nailul, when he was still named the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemkominfo), he focused more on improving digital infrastructure.
On this occasion, he also mentioned the presence of China's DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence (AI) service which is currently making high volatility in the United States (US) stock market, particularly in the stocks of the technology sector, including NVIDIA.
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