Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2017 Nominee

Sas Centers


Description

Sas for Entrepreneurship, Sas for Virtual Reality (VR) and Sas Center for Mobile Applications Development initiatives, aim to provide the foundation for creating a new and vibrant ICT industry, thereby fostering an entrepreneurial spirit in the ICT sector in Oman. The program contributes to the development of an internationally competitive ICT industry, self-employment and new job creation, as well as the introduction of new technologies to create innovative products, solutions and services.
Today, Sas for Entrepreneurship produced 35 Companies, Sas VR trained 480 Omanies and Sas Center for Mobile Applications Development trained 148 Omanies.

Project website

https://www.ita.gov.om/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2017
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • Oman

Status

Ongoing

Start date

01 March 2013

End date

01 December 2047


Entity name

Information Technology Authority

Entity country—type

Oman Government

Entity website

https://www.ita.gov.om/