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Jordan Ranks 70 in Digital Economy
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Minister of Digital Economy, Ahmad Han- companies as Jordan takes high ranking in the entrepreneurial environment in Jordan,
andeh, stated that Jordan is ranked 70th foreign investment. He expressed that the support companies to expand locally and
worldwide and 5th in the Arab economy and ministry seeks to support youth and entre- globally, obtain financing, and create a
digital transformation. Hanandeh affirmed preneurs to implement projects in the real stimulating and supportive environment for
in a meeting for startup businesses held world locally and worldwide. He added that them.
Tuesday afternoon, that the entrepreneurial the ministry worked on developing an entre-
sector contributes to 25% to startup Arab preneurship policy to support and develop

MTCIT Holds First Forum on Government Digital Transformation

Deliberations of the first edition of the government sector in Oman in the field of sustainability, continuous improvement
Government Digital Transformation digital transformation, review distinguished and keeping pace with global changes.
Forum began at Oman Convention and regional and global practices, ways of The event will have four main themes
Exhibition Centre with the participation improving institutional cooperation and – digital transformation, advanced
of ten government units. As many as building government relations, as well technologies and maximizing benefits of
200 participants and 25 speakers are as exchanging experiences in digital modern technologies to accelerate digital
taking part in the forum organised by the transformation. The forum will address transformation, user’s digital experience,
Ministry of Transport, Communications the most important challenges and and data analysis. A dialogue session was
and Information Technology (MTCIT). At obstacles facing the implementation of held on Tuesday with the participation of a
the two-day event, new digital services, government digital transformation and number of stakeholders from government
solutions and products in the government propose new solutions to overcome these, units. The session addressed prospects
sector will be launched. The forum will in addition to exploring new tools that of government digital transformation. The
highlight efforts and achievements of the empower national competencies to ensure session also discussed the importance of
managing the culture of digital change to
create a flexible and innovative government
apparatus equipped for the future, the need
to hone national skills, empower digital
capabilities and promote government
digital innovation. The forum is expected
to come up with a set of recommendations
to support government digital integration. It
will also present new proposals to accelerate
digitalization of government services,
transfer and exchange of knowledge
on best practices in the field of digital
transformation, and provide feedback on
the challenges facing the implementation
of digital transformation, while creating
an updated database for specialists in the
field of digital transformation.

Mobile Phone Subscribers in Jordan Reach 7.6 Million

The number of mobile phone subscriptions mobile phone subscribers in the first quar- subscription numbers represent the market
in Jordan experienced growth in the first ter of this year reached an impressive 7.6 share of the three major operators within
quarter of 2023, registering an increase of million subscribers. This figure indicates Jordan. Earlier, the authority confirmed that
5.46 percent compared to the same period a staggering growth of 398,186 thousand these figures accurately reflect the reality
in the previous year. According to data re- subscribers compared to the same period and size of the local market, dismissing any
leased by the Telecommunications Regula- in 2022 when the subscriber count stood at concerns of inflation or misrepresentation,
tory Commission (TRC), the total number of 7.2 million. The TRC emphasized that these according to Al-Mamlaka TV.

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