By 2030, Bangladesh will be the 24th largest economy. Here's how ICT is driving that growth

Oct 2, 2019

By 2021, Bangladesh expects its ICT exports to be worth $5 billion Image: Beyond Access/Flickr

Zunaid Ahmed Palak

Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh

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