Azerbaijan’s Innovation Agency has announced the launch of the Online Startup School program, which includes over 30 fundamental topics with a team of experienced mentors and more than 30 educational materials in the Azerbaijani language, a source in the agency told Trend.

An online learning portal to improve the digital skills of the population and develop their knowledge on the use of information and communication technologies has been created in Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan told Trend.

The third innovation week "Innoweek" will be held in Azerbaijan on December 14-19, 2020, Trend reports with reference to InnoWeek.

The main topic of current discussion between Azerbaijani and Indian entrepreneurs within bilateral cooperation is the creation of a digital platform, Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers’) Ilhama Abdullayeva told Trend.

The sector of information and communication technologies (ICT) has become a leading and dynamically developing sector of the Azerbaijani economy, the country’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies told Trend.

Possibility for development of instant payment system is being considered in Kazakhstan, Trend reports with reference to Kazakh media.

Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan Ramin Guluzade met with Ambassador of Latvia to Azerbaijan Dainis Garancs, Trend reports referring to the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies.

Kazakhstan is taking measures to eliminate a number of certificates required from the population, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhumagaliyev said, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Kazakhstan’s prime minister.

Information technology is one of the target sectors for economic diversification in Azerbaijan. The government aims to further develop the country's ICT market.

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan is taking consecutive measures to develop the information society, improve the quality of the internet in the regions and bring it to the level of Baku, a source in the ministry told Trend.