Bangladesh is going to create its own social media platform styled ‘Jogajog’, as an alternative to social media site Facebook, and ‘Alapon’, a platform to provide an alternative to WhatsApp.
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak made the announcement on Saturday while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Entrepreneurship Masterclass Series 2 organized by Women e-Commerce.
“Through the Jogajog app, the entrepreneurs of the country will be able to create their own online marketplace and group for information, data, and communication,” he said.
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Palak explained how the ICT ministry successfully created ‘Boithok’ app as an alternative to Zoom and ‘Surokkha’ for Covid-19 vaccine registration.
According to the digital e-commerce policy of 2018, e-commerce, hardware, software and BPO sectors will be able to meet the target of creating more than 2 million jobs by 2021, he added.
Palak also hoped that it would be possible to earn $5 billion in export earnings from ICT by 2025.
