AMMAN — With His Majesty King Abdullah’s support,
the Kingdom succeeded in building a “strong and competitive”
information and communication technologies (ICT) sector and attracted international companies,
said a Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) official, the Jordan News Agency,
Petra, reported.
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The official, communications and information
technology sector representative in JCC Haitham Rawajbeh said the sector enjoys
the King’s support and attention.
That motivated ICT operating companies to expand and
grow locally and export many of their services in the software field to many
Arab and foreign countries, which created thousands of job opportunities for
Jordanians, he said.
In a statement on Saturday, Rawajbeh said the ICT
sector has “promising” opportunities, in light of Jordan’s infrastructure, resources
and trained and qualified human competencies in the field.
Jordan attracted and localized international
companies to invest and carry out their operations in the Kingdom in the
important strategic sector, thanks to the country’s “great” development, and
its continuous efforts to keep up with the accelerating events, globally and
regionally, and Jordanian competencies working in this field, Rawajbeh said.
The
ICT sector and entrepreneurship have made
“great” achievements over the past years, as Jordan has become one of the most
“advanced and prosperous countries in the region in this vital field,” he
pointed out.
Jordan is banking on the ICT sector, which is
growing annually, to provide more job opportunities for young people, support
the national economy by shifting to the digital economy, and to attract more
international companies to open regional offices, he said.
Rawajbeh said the ICT sector is a pillar of national
security, and an important revenue source and supporter of Jordan’s economy. He
added that the industry has proven high capabilities during the COVID-19
pandemic, whether in terms of supporting the fight against the pandemic, or
facilitating activities and operations of economic sectors and citizens’ lives.
He also noted that introducing
5G services to the
local market will reflect “positively” on reviving the national economy,
enhancing its competitiveness, attracting investments, encouraging leadership
and innovation, and increasing employment opportunities and gaining expertise.
Jordanian companies operating in the ICT sector have
gone a long way in development and growth, and have become supportive of many
regional countries by providing solutions for their various economic and
service sectors, and exporting software and qualified and specialized human
competencies, he noted.
As for JCC’s efforts, he said the chamber maintains
“constant” contact with the sector’s workers and seeks to solve and overcome
any obstacles facing their operations, in cooperation with the concerned
government departments.
During 2021, the sector’s contribution to the gross
domestic product was valued at JD900 million annually, at a 3 percent rate,
while it is forecast to reach JD3 billion, or 3.9 percent, during the year
2033, when the
Economic Modernization Vision (EMV) is completed.
The number of the sector’s workers reached some
25,000 during the past year, constituting 1.6 percent of the total volume of
employment in the Kingdom, while their number will reach 101,000 full-time
workers in 2033, according to EMV.
In addition, the ICT sector’s exports during the
past year amounted to JD200 million, which constituted 1.9 percent of the
Kingdom’s total exports, while they are forecast to reach JD4.5 billion by
2033, as set in the EMV.
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