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Nepal Can Compete In Digital Business
By KTM Metro Reporter
January 3, 2014: Nepal has the potential to play a role in the software industry in the future as the ICT industry is growing rapidly in the country, an expert said in Kathmandu yesterday, according to the Xinhua news.
"We may not be able to manufacture hardware products like China (does), but in terms of software, Nepal has a latent potential. We have a great human resource in the IT sector, but we must pull our experts and professionals currently abroad back to Nepal," Binod Dhakal, president of Computer Association of Nepal (CAN), told Xinhua.
According to the statistics of the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, 22.09 million people: more than 80 percent of Nepal's total population are now connected to telecommunications in the country including mobile phones and fixed lines. Despite the leap forward, Nepal still lags behind other countries in terms of technological development.
"We have realized that the private sector still lacks adequate support. We expect the government to promote the ICT sector in the future since technology is becoming an integral part of people's lives in Nepal," said Dhakal.
To encourage technological development, CAN opened the 20th edition of the CAN Info-Tech yesterday. The six-day event is a platform for exhibitors and customers to directly interact with each other under a single roof. The event includes 221 stalls from more than 90 companies. Organizers are expecting more than 450,000 visitors.
"We want to showcase the latest products related to the ICT sector so that visitors can be exposed to some new technology and buy according to their budget," Dhakal said.
