The Ministry of Communication and Information ( Kemenkominfo ) announced that Indonesia needs around 9 million digital talents by 2030.
Readiness to face global competition in the Industry 4.0 era is also expected to be able to realize Indonesia's target as one of the 10 largest economic countries in the world by 2030.
In an effort to inspire the spirit of innovation by encouraging the advancement of Indonesia's digital talent, Tokopedia collaborates with various strategic partners to present the Tokopedia Academy.
Tokopedia Academy is a place for Indonesian digital talents to hone knowledge and knowledge related to digital technology. This program has seven main learning focuses, namely technology, data, products, product design, leadership , CX and entrepreneurship.
Tokopedia's Head of External Communications, Ekhel Chandra Wijaya, said that his party has collaborated with educational institutions, technology activist communities, and related government institutions to present the Tokopedia Academy.
"In addition to achieving an even distribution of knowledge through technology, the effort to present the Tokopedia Academy is aimed at supporting the government in meeting the needs of 9 million digital talents by 2030," said Ekhel.
Tokopedia Academy has 18 learning programs that can be accessed for free via the Tokopedia Academy website. The public's interest in all the learning programs presented has increased from year to year.
"Throughout 2021, Tokopedia Academy participants have almost tripled compared to 2020," said Ekhel.
Previously, Tokopedia Academy had collaborated with the Ministry of Communication and Information ( Kemenkominfo ) through the SIBERKREASI movement. One of the programs initiated by Tokopedia Academy is Tokopedia NextGen.
Through this program, Tokopedia and the Ministry of Communication and Informatics present an incubation program for high school (SMA) and vocational high school (SMK) students to better understand the digital world.
In the near future, Tokopedia Academy will again hold a technology conference titled START Summit 2022 with the theme "Driving Innovation at Scale".
This program is a manifestation of Tokopedia's commitment to continue to echo the spirit of national awakening by encouraging the emergence of more innovations from domestic digital talents.
Encourage digital talent to innovate
As one of the technology companies in Indonesia, Tokopedia also continues to provide opportunities for digital talents at Tokopedia to continue to innovate.
Recently, Tokopedia launched two new features that can increase the convenience and comfort of Tokopedia application users. The two features are the built-in Dark Mode and a special screen display for foldable Android
Tokopedia also became e-commerce in Indonesia to provide these two features.
Head of Engineering iOS Tokopedia Tonito said, the built-in Dark Mode feature is available in the Tokopedia application, both on iOS and Android.
"The built-in Dark Mode feature is useful for saving smartphone , and is comfortable for the eyes, especially when using the cellphone in a dark room," said Tonito.
Meanwhile, Tokopedia's Head of Engineering Android Rico Harisin said the development of special features for a folding cellphone screen was a very challenging process. Because, this feature can be said as a new innovation that has not been developed before.
However, Rico admits that he is enthusiastic about developing features that can make Android folding phone users more comfortable in shopping through the Tokopedia application.
“The challenge actually boosted our team spirit. We can learn a lot, especially knowing that this (feature) development effort can answer user needs," said Rico.