WELCOME

Digital Ready Bangladesh

SM Ashraful IslamExecutive Director Bangladesh Computer Council

Vision 2021:Middle Income Country by Leveraging ICT

Digital Government

Connecting Citizen

Human ResourceDevelopment

IT Industry Promotion

$5B IT industry export

2M ICT sector employment

90% Vital servicesDelivered electronically

90% Citizens connected to Internet

Targets for Vision 2021

Bangladesh:Rapid Transformation

Area 2008 2016Poverty 40% 23%Literacy 49% 71%Electricity grid 27% 75%Internet users 0.4% 40%Mobile users 20 million 130+ millionSocial media Insignificant 20+ million

e-Services Handful 200+ in major dev sectorsAccess points <10 8,000+Policy Dysfunctional ICT Policy Policies: ICT, Broadband, Edu, Health, LG, PPP,

SFYP, OPP, Alternative Investment, TelecomLaw: ICT, RTI, Digital Security

30 Million Customers in Mobile and Internet Banking

2 Million e-TIN issued

50K tenders awarded through e-Government Procurement System (e-GP)

e-Initiatives Transforming Traditional Systems

90 Million Smart-IDs being distributed

More than 100 Million admission test results sent through SMS between 2009 and 2015

One-Stop Digital Centers: Taking ICT to the Grassroots

} Birth and death registration} Land records} Exam results} Government forms} Financial inclusion (inclusive

banking, insurance, payments for services, etc.)

5,300 Digital Centres in LGIs

8,500 more in Post Offices

25,000+ entrepreneurs

100+ services

6 million+ citizens/month

2014

Whole of The Government ApproachNATIONAL ICT POLICY 2016 (National Ict Policy 2008)

Culture Innovation Culture

eServices All ministries and DepartmentseGov WLAN 18130 Govt& Local GovtofficesData Centre NDC T4 NDC DRDC

NEA

eGIF

eSER

VICE

BUS

Making the country ready Citizen Civil Servants Policy makers

SOCIAL MOBILE ANALYTICS CLOUD

Seventh five year Plan + Sustainable Development Goals

CONNECTED CITIZEN

National Portal: Whole-of-Government Under One Umbrella

2015• 43,000 offices

• 2 million content

• 1,500+ Gov forms

• 3 million hits/day

Transforming Service Delivery

e/m-services

agriculture sector

e-governance

education

utility service sector

Banking and insurance

news & media

SMEs & other business

communities

Bangladesh National Enterprise Architecture

eLearning portal for students and civil servants

Massive Time and Cost Savings for Citizens

Services Beneficiaries Cost savings23 107million

USD

552Million

A Study Conducted on 23 Services over 6 Years:

Nurturing Innovation CultureIn Civil Service

Bottom upfocus

Encouragefailure

Teamapproach

NoDigitalDivide

Nurturing Innovation

iDea

Infrastructure Supporting Growth

Kaliakoir HTP, JanataTower STP, JessoreSTP and 12 more IT Parks being developed across the country

All Government Officers connected via Secured WAN, Video Conferencing, Secure Mobile App -Alapon

National Data Center with Disaster Recovery as a Shared Resource for hosting all Government Data

Fiber Optic Network up to Union Level: Broadband penetration to the rural level

Infrastructure Supporting Growth

High Speed Connectivity through SEA-ME-WE4 and 12 ITCs and 3G network

Tier- 4 Data Center under Construction in

Kaliakoir HTP

SEA-ME-WE-5 by 2016; Bangladesh leading Info Superhighway

BangabandhuSatellite expected to be launched by 2017

Nationwide Connectivity Through Mobile

• 99% population coverage

• 130+ million mobile connections

• Countrywide 3G rollout

• 64+ million mobile internet users

• 600 Mobile Apps developed by Government

• LTE and 4G in the near future

• Call centres for public service

• National Help Desk – 999 (under development)

A Young Population Harnessing Digital Growth

Demographic Dividend: 50%

Youth(Below 25 Years)

2 Mln+ Grad Students at Universities & Colleges .

670K+ Science Grad Students.

403K+ Business Grad Students

1.5 Mln+ Bachelors Degree Students

240K+ MS Degree Students

HR readiness

3,500 Youth have been trained

23,000+ in Online Outsourcing

30,000 University Grads under Top Up and

Foundation

1000+ Middle Managers

6000 trained by BACCO for BPO under SEIP

23,000 being trained by BASISin multiple tracks under SEIP

Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment & Governance (LICT)

Project

Skill Certification

ITEE Exam

ICT Industry at a Glance

1000+ IT & ITES Companies

300,000+ IT HR Across Industries

32% Industry CAGR

50,000 Active Freelancers earning $100+ mil

$700+ million ICT Export in 2016

Achievements of Global BangladeshiIT Companies

TigerITBangladesh

LimitedReve Systems Newscred Datasoft

Graphicpeople&

Service Engine

• The first Bangladeshi company to be a Red Herring Global winner

• Red Herring’s Top 100 Global Award

• Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia Award

• Customers now include Barclays, Cisco, NASDAQ, Pepsi, Toyota and Visa.

• Pioneer in Bio-informatics, Big Data, Simulation, Augmented Reality, Gaming and IOT

• Won Export trophies from EPB for their outstanding performances in export

CMMI certification

CMMI level 3

12 companies

• The first Bangladeshi company to be a Red Herring Global winner

• Won Export trophies from EPB for their outstanding performances in export

Vibrant StartUp Scene

Chaldal(investedby 500

startups)

Backpack(based in SV)

BDJobs(raised investment

from SEEK)

Ajker Deal& Handymama

(invested by Fenox)

• Government support to Startup Eco-System through Connecting Startups, IDEA Project, IT Incubator, Innovation Fund

• Host of angel and venture investors, local and international accelerators.

• Active Global VCs: Fenox declared $200 m fund for Bangladesh

NewsCred oneof the 5 fastest

growing startups

In the WORLD

34M Middle-income & Affluent Consumers by 2025

1000+ e-Com Websites and 8000+ FB pages selling products

68% of MAC own internet enabled smart phones$120 million e-Commerce sales in 2016

According to BCG report, Bangladesh is one of the high

potential markets for e-Commerce with

the greatest untapped growth

market.

The Booming Platform for e-Commerce

Incentives for Investors24

Twelve years tax exemption for

Developers - HTP100% Tax exemption for IT/ITES Companies till 2024

No VAT on E-commerceDuty free import of vehicles - HTP

100% foreign ownership &

Profit RepatriationDuty free import of capital assets- HTP

Recognition of IT Outsourcing Potential

Bangladesh’s Growth Potential has been recognized by experts

worldwideOne of the 10 countries that are set to take over as emerging economies from the powerful BRICS nations (Coface)

2014

Emerging Asian IT outsourcing destination (KPMG)2010

One of top 30 IT Outsourcing Destinations (Gartner) 2010

Ranked 7th in terms of earning among 186 countries where online jobs are outsourced to (Elance-oDesk)

2015

2nd most financially attractive destination (AT Kearney)

2016

A Few Recent International Awards

ICTs in Sustainable Development Award-

2015

South South Co-Operation Visionary

Award-2014

ICT for Development Award 2016

Extensive Partnerships a Recipe for Success

South-South and

Triangular Cooperation

Public Private Partnership

Political Vision + Civil Service Implementation

MoU: Bangladesh & Maldives MoU: Bangladesh & Bhutan

Bangladesh Prime Minister Proposes South-South & Triangular Network of Public Agencies

at UN General Assembly on September 20, 2016Other Heads of States/Ministers/Heads of UN

Agencies Endorse the Idea.

South-South Cooperation:Developing Nations Empowering Each Other

#NonStopBangladesh