In observance of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha 1443 H,
Huawei reaffirms its commitment to supporting the Indonesian economy ecosystem
by optimizing the use of digital technology. The support was symbolically
conveyed through the sacrificial animal being handed over by Mohamad Rosidi,
Director of Business Strategy, Huawei Indonesia to Sutrisno, Caretaker of At
Thohir Mosque in Cimanggis, Depok, West Java during Huawei’s Qurban CSR
donation ceremony.
Yenty Joman, Director of
Government Affairs, Huawei Indonesia remarked,”Huawei “Huawei I Do” commitment affirms our support to Indonesian
digital ecosystem, especially in the post-pandemic recovery. As a global ICT
solution provider, Huawei believes that digital technology can be main driver
for people’s empowerment. Technology can enhance the capacity of organizations
and individuals to create more mature ecosystems.
To
nurture Indonesian digital talents since 2020, Huawei has been collaborating
with the government, academics, industries and other ecosystem partners, to
train 100 thousand digital talents by 2025. Currently more than 60 thousand
digital talents have received training on the latest ICT technologies.”
Sarwoto Atmosutarno, chairman
of the Indonesian Telematics Society (Mastel), lauded Huawei’s crucial role
in driving digital transformation across the ecosystem in collaboration with
the industry. “The industry will continue to support the government in
expediting the economic recovery. We welcome Huawei’s global experience and
expertise that may help the Indonesian ecosystem, especially the local
industries, to raise our bar in international benchmark of technology standards,
get digital infrastructure ready and improve the network infrastructure, all
are the prerequisites for the digital transformation.”
Concurred with Sarwoto, Ir.
Soegiharto Santoso, chairman of the Indonesian Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Business (Aptiknas), highlighted digital
talent development to build a sustainable digital ecosystem. “Every stakeholder
should take part in preparing the talents and equip them with necessary skills
of the future. Huawei’s talent initiative should be followed by others should
we want to see Indonesia keep in its trajectory in technology advances.
The recent Huawei Qurban donations involving 15 cows
and 60 goats were made across 13 cities where Huawei has been operating to
reflect the company’s continued commitment to building network connectivity in
the country. Those 13 cities are Jakarta,
Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Mataram, Medan, Palembang,
Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Makassar, and Fakfak. As a testament to its social
contributions, Huawei has joined hands with partners, primarily through the
government's USO Project, to accelerate digital inclusion to connect the
unconnected, especially those living in remote and rural areas.
According to Muhammad Arif, chairman of the
Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers (APJII), the provision
of connectivity is of paramount importance to ensure digital infrastructure can
play its chief function as the enabler for transformation. “The pandemic has
accelerated the growth of internet users significantly as shown in APJII 2021
survey that records 77 percent of the population has been connected to the
Internet, or over 220 million people. However, we should not leave the rest of
the population unconnected. Therefore, APJII welcome Huawei’s effort to increase
collaboration with internet service providers to provide equal digitalization
in Indonesia.”
Voicing a similar emphasis on connectivity, M. Tri
Prasetya, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Network Telecommunication
Providers (Apjatel) said, the connectivity development should involve a collaborative
work among all stakeholders in the ecosystem. “Looking ahead, we need to scale
up communications, collaboration, and cooperation among the stakeholders, be it
industry associations, the governments and communities, to improve services and
expand network services to the public. We commend Huawei’s special contribution
in this area.”
Aside from talent development and connectivity
building, Huawei plans to create acceleration program for Indonesian start-ups
through Huawei Spark. Since the launch of the program in 2020, Huawei
already has 60 start-up portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and plans to
provide investments worth US$100 million within 3 years.
On the sidelines of the donation ceremony, Huawei
also organized a discussion, titled Digital
Transformation in Sharia Economy, featuring Muhammad Neil El Himam,
M.Sc., Deputy for Digital Economy and Creative Products with the Ministry of
Tourism and Creative Economy, Ir. Eddy Satriya, M.A., Deputy for Micro
Enterprises, Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises, Muhammad
Hamudi Bin Abdul Khalid, CEO/Co-founder Orpheus Capital, and Muhammad
Dennisa, Program Director of Huawei Spark Malaysia and Heru Sutadi,
Executive Director of Indonesia ICT Institute.
Heru Sutadi,
Executive Director of Indonesia ICT Institute said that Indonesia needs the
solutions which are capable of realizing digital transformation efficiently
across all sectors. The success of digitalization hinges on the quality
broadband connectivity available to the population.
“Learning from the pandemic, Indonesia’s internet speed needs to
be upgraded up to 100 Mbps and we also need to revise the new regulations on
Indonesia broadband plans. The role of technology innovator, like Huawei, is
very important and I contend that Huawei has contributed immensely in
supporting digital transformation toward economic recovery and digital economy
growth in Indonesia.
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