Bangladesh: A Surprise Digital Leader in Asia
Sajeeb Wazed
3rd March, 2021 10:20:55
More than a decade ago, Bangladesh pledged to transform itself into a technologically advanced nation by 2021, the 50th anniversary of the nation s founding.
Not many people believed we could do it.
After all, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina–the project s chief champion–took office in 2009, only 20 million Bangladeshis had mobile phones. But now more than 120 million Bangladeshis do, and millions more have access to high-speed connections even in remote villages. Countless lives have been improved and saved as a result.
The ambitious Digital Bangladesh plan, launched in 2009, was designed to convert plodding, paper-based government services into easy-to-use internet and smartphone-based programs. E-signatures and electronic filing were widely rolled out and encouraged.
Bangladesh: A surprise digital leader in Asia
Sajeeb Wazed
3rd March, 2021 10:13:56
More than a decade ago, Bangladesh pledged to transform itself into a technologically advanced nation by 2021, the 50th anniversary of the nation s founding.
Not many people believed we could do it.
After all, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina–the project s chief champion–took office in 2009, only 20 million Bangladeshis had mobile phones. But now more than 120 million Bangladeshis do, and millions more have access to high-speed connections even in remote villages. Countless lives have been improved and saved as a result.
The ambitious Digital Bangladesh plan, launched in 2009, was designed to convert plodding, paper-based government services into easy-to-use internet and smartphone-based programs. E-signatures and electronic filing were widely rolled out and encouraged.