Oman’s ICT market to hit $5.6bln by 2024: SAP

Oman’s ICT market to hit $5.6bln by 2024: SAP

Titled "Navigating Oman's Vision 2040 Through SAP's Lens“, the new whitepaper highlights the digital transformation opportunity for the Sultanate across five areas: a society of creative individuals, a competitive economy, a sustainable environment, responsible state agencies, and building smart cities. "Oman's government agencies can achieve Oman Vision 2040 goals by digitally transforming into Intelligent Enterprises that can integrate back-end operations and centre the citizen experience,“ said Waheed Al Hamaid, Managing Director, SAP Oman. "Citizen engagement platforms can enhance happiness and trust, reduce costs and security risks, and rapidly deploy and future-proof e-services.“ Supporting creative individuals, real-time technology can help education and healthcare institutions to operate more efficiently and personalize tracks and patient treatment. In the competitive economy, an integrated job matching platform could connect citizens to job postings and talent development, support entrepreneurs and SMEs, enhance tourist experiences, and optimize Value Added Tax compliance. In fostering environmental sustainability, Oman could attract more tourists, secure higher levels of supply chains resilience and food security, and maintain its rich cultural heritage. For responsible state agencies, a digital government is key -- with an Open Data Strategy, government resource planning and shared services for real-time decision-making, and citizen-centric services that are vital for