Oman lines up programs to boost digital economy in Oman 2040 Vision

Oman has announced efforts to boost its GDP through digital programs lined up in the ￰0￱ to the country, it plans to build a strong digital economy through its National Digital Economy Programme, which is expected to focus on three ￰1￱ its statement, the country has highlighted that the program will focus on aspects like digital government, business digitization, and digital ￰2￱ intends to raise the sector’s contribution to its GDP to 10% by the end of ￰3￱ to Dr Ali bin Amer al Shaithani, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MoTCIT), the digital economy is expected to contribute around 3% to the country’s GDP by the end of this ￰4￱ wants a 10% GDP boost from its digital economy The program aligns with the Oman Vision ￰5￱ is also expected to happen in four ￰6￱ stages include digital government integration and exporting digital ￰7￱ has been making progress worldwide in terms of its digital ￰8￱ country ranks 45th in AI readiness, 41st in e-Government development, 1st in cybersecurity readiness, and 50th in network ￰9￱ goal is to reach the top 20 globally in those ￰10￱ of the key milestones for the country was launching the National Programme for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Digital Technologies in ￰11￱ program promotes AI adoption across sectors, localizes AI technologies, and establishes a governance ￰12￱ is presently running about 32 projects that are focused on boosting AI readiness, startups, and research ￰13￱ of the flagship programs of the initiative is the AI Economics ￰14￱ projects include Mu’een AI, an Omani language model that is being used by the government, the AI Studio, AI Makers, and the National Open Data ￰15￱ its quest to advance innovation, Oman also launched the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in a collaboration with the World Economic ￰16￱ country also issued a National Policy for the Safe and Ethical Use of AI, forming an AI Experts Committee that consists of public, private, and academic sectors to oversee ￰17￱ has also launched the Oman Digital Triangle to host AI data centers using green ￰18￱ addition, the Green AI Alliance program will bring together 34 companies and institutions to promote sustainable AI investment in the ￰19￱ also announced an Artificial Intelligence Zone near Muscat International ￰20￱ zone offers incentives to attract regional AI firms and reinforce Oman’s position as a digital innovation center in the Middle ￰21￱ is not the only country looking to bolster its digital ￰22￱ previously reported by Cryptopolitan, India has also announced that it is setting up an AI governance group and expert panel by ￰23￱ country is moving fast to set up the committee to push the objectives that have been outlined in the India AI governance ￰24￱ group will also lend expertise from several agencies so that all the bases can be ￰25￱ is expected that after the groups are formed, India will move a step forward to develop regulatory sandboxes and tool-building ￰26￱ way, the country will be able to create a balance between aiding innovation and protecting consumers.

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