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