{"id":297280,"date":"2021-08-13T15:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T18:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=297280"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T20:59:57","slug":"bahrain-ranks-first-for-it-talent-in-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/bahrain-ranks-first-for-it-talent-in-the-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain ranks first for IT talent in the Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Bahrain was ranked as first in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for availability of advanced computer programming talent in Information and Computer Technology (ICT), according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Report 2020, Bahrain\u2019s state news agency <em>BNA<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The ITU is a specialized agency of the UN responsible for matters related to information and communication technologies including setting the international standards for ICT indicators. The annual report measures the level of digital transformation throughout the world and highlights the value and quality of ICT services provided by local operators.<\/p>\n<p>As indicated by <em>BNA<\/em>, Bahrain stands out for providing accessible and affordable technology for its community, being the best in data value per GB within the GCC, and ranking 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the Gulf (8<sup>th<\/sup> in the world) for affordability of basic mobile cellular packages.<\/p>\n<p>Dalal Buhejji, executive director of Investments at the Economic Development Board, said the country continues to attract direct investments within the ICT sector which is driven by many factors such as the availability of ICT talent and the competitive cost of doing business in the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bujejji, last year Bahrain attracted over BD 300 million (USD 791 million) in direct investments which included many within the ICT sector. \u201cBahrain\u2019s high ranking in this report is a testament to the kingdom\u2019s strategy and investment to further advance the ICT sector,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-297278\">Eric Audras\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to UN report, Bahrain ranks first in the GCC for availability of computer programming talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":297278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[3971,22952,22946,13877,27133,22953,22947,22954,22949,22950,22948,22951],"class_list":{"0":"post-297280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bahrain","9":"tag-bahrain-jobs","10":"tag-bahrain-un","11":"tag-bahrein-en","12":"tag-bahrein-en-2","13":"tag-dalal-buhejji-en","14":"tag-gulf-talent","15":"tag-ict-en","16":"tag-ict-talent","17":"tag-information-and-communication-technology","18":"tag-it-talent","19":"tag-tional-telecommunication-union"},"wps_subtitle":"According to UN report, Bahrain ranks first in the GCC for availability of computer programming talent.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}