IBM Says Indonesia Needs To Increase Investment Values In The Technology Sector To Achieve Indonesia Gold 2045

Roy Kosasih, President Director of IBM Indonesia (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - Roy Kosasih, President Director of IBM Indonesia, a company that produces and sells leading computer hardware and software in the world, argues that the Indonesian government should increase investment value to Indonesian technology industry.

Because according to him, Indonesia is the country with the lowest investment in the technology industry, when compared to ASEAN countries, with an investment of 0.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per year.

"Compared to Singapore, which is 2 percent of their GDP, or compared to America, which spends 4 percent of their GDP, or countries that are a little behind like Vietnam and the Philippines, they spend 0.4 percent. So we are very small, very low," Roy said on Monday, August 26.

Meanwhile, according to Roy, the ideal investment value in the technology industry is one percent of Indonesia's total GDP per year. Thus, it will accelerate the growth of the technology industry in order to achieve the 2045 Golden Indonesia Vision.

"Meanwhile, ideally to boost growth in the technology sector, to become the 4th highest pdb country in Asia, we have to start with the government earlier, spending more than 0.2 percent ideally," explained Roy.

However, if it is to reach the Singapore level with 4 percent investment from the country's GDP, it is very difficult to do, then it should increase investment to the level of 1 percent of Indonesia's total GDP is something that can be done.

"If to reach such a level Singapore is very far, yes, but we could probably be at the 1 percent level of our GDP every year, it is allocated to the industrial technology sector, it will be very helpful," he said.