BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 9. Azerbaijan plans to double the volume of ICT sector and increase export to $1 billion by 2030, Chairman of the Board of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency of Azerbaijan, Farid Osmanov, said at the International Finance and Banking Summit taking place in Baku, Trend's correspondent reports.
According to him, Azerbaijan continues to develop its digital ecosystem, with the MyGov platform at its core. The goal is to provide citizens with proactive and personalized services through a single digital platform.
"Over the past year, the number of MyGov users has nearly tripled, reaching 2.2 million. The number of services provided through the platform has grown 11-fold, and the amount of available information has doubled.
As part of Azerbaijan's Digital Agenda 2030, it is planned to double the size of the country's ICT sector from the current level of approximately $2.3 billion, as well as increase ICT export potential from $145 million to $1 billion per year," he said.
According to Osmanov, work is being completed in conjunction with the Central Bank and other agencies on a major legislative package aimed at developing venture funds, crowdfunding, technology parks, and facilitating the attraction of highly qualified specialists to the country.
New legislative initiatives are expected to create conditions for the accelerated development of the ICT and financial sectors in Azerbaijan.
