East Ventures Highlights The Importance Of Mapping Digital Competitiveness In Indonesia

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JAKARTA - Over the past few years, the digital sector in Indonesia has continued to record improvements. The stakeholders also continue to support this progress through the development of digital infrastructure to digital literacy programs.

Based on an e-Conomy SEA Report 2023 report released by Google, the gross merchandise value (GMV) of Indonesia's digital economy is projected to grow to 109 billion US dollars by 2025 and reach 360 billion US dollars by 2030.

Apart from that, Indonesia needs to be prepared to be able to work on this potential. Given the large number of provinces and geographical differences in Indonesia, which are a challenge in itself.

Therefore, mapping digital competitiveness is needed to determine the condition of digital development in each province, so that we can improve and design policies and programs that can support digital progress in Indonesia.

Responding to this, East Ventures routinely conducts digital competitiveness mapping in Indonesia. This mapping is stated in the form of a report called East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) which has been presented for the last four years.

East Ventures also believes that every stakeholder has a role to play in creating equitable digital justice for all regions in Indonesia.

The use of digital technology must be inclusive because the digital economy is the right of all Indonesian citizens. With the sustainable development of the digital economy, we hope that Indonesia will produce millions of digital talents from various provinces, cities, and regions," said Willson Weather, Co-Founder and Managing Partner East Ventures.

Through the EV-DCI report, East Ventures presents the results of mapping, inference, and recommendations for policy makers to realize digital equity. Based on EV-DCI reports from 2020 to 2023, DKI Jakarta consistently holds the top position in the digital competitiveness index. Then followed by West Java, which is in second place after DKI Jakarta.

Then there are Yogyakarta, Banten, and East Java in the top five positions, where these provinces experience an increase and a decrease in ranking every year.