We have identified five areas – digital government, digital economy, digital laws and policies, digital services, and digital technology. Namely, technology industry development, startup ecosystem development, capacity building, technology diffusion, and regional cluster development. For example, the second largest startup community in Sri Lanka is represented by the Northern Province. Mahinda B. Herath and Northern Chamber of Information Technology Chairman T. Thavaruban, signifying the partnership between both organisations in moving forward towards developing digital technology in the northern region. Ltd., Hutchison Telecom Sri Lanka, Lanka Bell Ltd., the University of Jaffna, the Sri Lanka Association of Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM), the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka (FITIS), the Chairman of British Computer Society (BCS), NCIT, CSSL, SLINTEC, SLIBTEC, and Extreme SEO.

Source: The Nation July 05, 2021 21:56 UTC