Amartha And Kominfo Encourage The Adoption Of Digital Technology And MSME Business Incubation

Amartha and Kominfo encourage the digitization of MSMEs in Villages (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - PT Amartha Micro Fintek (Amartha) property platform, which focuses on providing inclusive financial access for MSMEs, announced its collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) in the implementation of the Digital Technology Adoption program and MSME Business Incubation UMKM Level Up.

In this program, Amartha as one of the facilitators provides training facilities, materials preparation, and assistance, which aims to facilitate the adoption of digital technology 4.0 for MSME actors.

This training and mentoring program is an initiative of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics to develop the potential skills and independence of MSME business actors through the digital ecosystem.

"We are very enthusiastic to cooperate with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics in accelerating the adoption of digital technology 4.0 among Indonesian MSMEs," said Budhi Siswoadji, Amartha's Chief Operating Officer in a statement.

The signing of the program's launch cooperation itself was actually carried out last May in Jakarta, and was attended by the Ministry of Communication and Information, Amartha, along with 110 other facilitators who will be involved in the implementation of the program.

"Through this program, we will increase digital adoption for MSME players so that their productivity increases and facilitates business incubation of 100 MSME assisted by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, which already has digital capabilities in marketing its products," said Samuel A. Pangerapan, Director General of Aptika, Ministry of Communications and Informatics.

By involving facilitators, Sammy hopes that the increase in the level of digital technology adoption and increasing business capabilities can provide more value and encourage domestic production which has an impact on increasing export value and national economic growth.

The class program was organized by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics in various regions including Jabodetabek, Banten, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, North Sumatra, Southeast Sulawesi, Bangka Belitung, West Kalimantan, North Maluku, West Nusa Tenggara & East, Papua and West Papua with the theme of financial and digital inclusion.

Over the next six months, Amartha will deliver relevant materials and assist MSMEs in digitizing the economy.