18.5 Million MSMEs In Indonesia Start Digital Transformation

Workers completed the production of boilers in Cikalang, Cileunyi, Bandung Regency, West Java. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Assistant Deputy for Partnership and Market Expansion from the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs Fixy said that MSME players who have carried out digital transformation have reached 18.5 million or 97.3 percent of the target for MSMEs to go digital by 2022.

Fixy assessed that this achievement reflects the ongoing acceleration of economic recovery and the stronger synergy and collaboration between the government and ministries and institutions to continue to support MSMEs.

"Now the figure as of March 2022 (MSMEs on digital boarding) is 18.5 million. This shows how effective our synergy and collaboration are if we want to work together with support from local governments," said Fixy as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, May 15.

Fixy is optimistic that the government's target for MSMEs that carry out digital transformation to reach 30 million by 2023 can be achieved.

The reason is that the government continues to provide training on the digitization of MSMEs and provides stimulus through various programs, such as the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement (Gerns BBI).

"I am optimistic that together with ministries and institutions with better synergy and collaboration, we can achieve. With Gernas BBI already running and this is the third year since it started in 2020 the acceleration is increasing," he said.

MSMEs play an important role in the Indonesian economy because they are able to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of MSME actors continues to grow, which currently has reached 64.2 million with a contribution of up to 61.07 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) so that MSMEs are also able to absorb a large workforce.