Robust infrastructure key to faster digitalisation

Almas Kabir, BASIS president 

Robust infrastructure and skilled manpower are essential to boost the ongoing digitalisation initiatives taken by the government.

Overall digitalisation is happening in Bangladesh at a very fast pace as witnessed in 2009. The country has observed a paradigm shift in this arena as well.

One of the main challenges in the sector is infrastructure. If we can ensure a robust infrastructure nationwide with the availability of speedy and affordable internet, I would say this digitisation will happen even faster than the ongoing pace.

The second challenge is the availability of skilled human resources. We need to create more and more skilled human resources, especially in trending technologies considering the fourth industrial revolution, which is actually imminent.

So, if we can have this skilled human resource in Bangladesh alongside robust infrastructure, I think we will have a perfect and ideal digital Bangladesh, which is actually the "Sonar Bangla" that we have been dreaming of. The father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman also spoke about a Sonar Bangla, which is actually the model version of digital Bangladesh.