Azerbaijan found itself one place higher and came in 67th in the Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2019 published by StartupBlink, the world’s most comprehensive map and research center of startup ecosystems, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan found itself one place higher and came in 67th in the Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2019 published by StartupBlink, the world’s most comprehensive map and research center of startup ecosystems, Trend reports.

Given the fact that today most areas of the modern world economy are closely linked to the high technologies, Azerbaijan does its best to keep up with the consistent development of ICT.

Nowadays, the role of information technology in the banking sector of a country is crucial. Realizing this, Azerbaijani banks invest significant funds in maintaining and improving their IT structure.

A meeting was held between Azerbaijani Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade and UNDP Assistant Administrator, Director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS Mirjana Egger, who is on a visit to Baku, Trend reports referring to the ministry.

The UN Development Program appreciates the steps being taken by Azerbaijan for the development of the ICT sphere and the full transition to the e-government system, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Mirjana Egger said.

A conference entitled “Reliable and secure cloud environment” which gathered representatives of the ICT sector was held in Baku on March 12.

The second stage of licensing software solutions used in government departments of Azerbaijan has started. The head of the Microsoft Azerbaijan Sarhan Hashimov told journalists on February 19.

A conference entitled “Innovative Development and Economic Reforms: the Role of Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization” was held on February 11.

The fourth meeting of the member countries of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States on information and communication technologies (ICT) is taking place in Kazakhstan’s Almaty city, a source in the Azerbaijani IT market told Trend Jan. 30.