The National Digital Economy Program
Date Published: 01 January 2021
Summary: Program
The Sultanate of Oman seeks to develop a prosperous digital economy that contributes to the national economy. National Program for Digital Economy outlines a set of pillar, executive programs and action plans, in addition to medium and long-term targets aligned to Omani Vision 2040 About the Program.
Vision: Thriving Digital Economy
Message: Providing a secure and advanced digital infrastructure that supports the digital government, digital business and digital society, integrated with economic and social development and responsive to sustainability and future requirements to achieve Oman’s vision 2040
- Developing skills and competencies that are in line with the labor market requirements and future digital demands
- Providing an enabling business environment for companies to adopt modern technologies to support business digitalization
- Achieving smart government transformation programs and providing effective governance mechanisms
- Manufacturing and localizing modern technologies
- Creating a digital society responsive to future requirements

Focus areas in 2021-2025
- Government Digital transformation
- Developing Digital Content
- Attracting foreign digital investments
- Promoting Data centers and cloud services
- Developing a Cyber Security Industry
- Adopting 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies to advance economic sectors
Program Pillars
- First Pillar: Digital Smart Government
- Second Pillar: Digital Society
- Third Pillar: Digitalization of Business
Main Targets
Creating national industries in the digital economy
Enhancing Digitization In-Country Value
Creating sustainable income-generating opportunities for youth
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector
Digitizing the economic sectors included in the tenth five-year plan
Attraction of Foreign Direct Investment in the Digital Economy
Reports of the Program

Harvest of the Digital Industry Program 2023
The document highlights the achievements of the Digital Industry Program in 2023. This program is one of the key pillars of the National Digital Economy Program in the Sultanate of Oman, aiming to stimulate digital industry growth, attract investments, and build national digital capabilities.
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Digital Transformation Operandum Framework
The report presents Oman’s National Strategy for Digital Economic Diversification, highlighting the role of digital transformation in achieving Oman Vision 2040 by promoting economic diversification and developing key sectors through advanced technologies.
Investment Attraction
Attractive Investment Advantages for Digital Industries Opportunities
The Sultanate of Oman is characterized by its strategic location linking the East and the West. Its geographical location overlooks the world’s most important commercially active shipping routes. Thus, Oman enjoys easy access and connectivity with the Arab Gulf countries, Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
Oman is a tax-exempt region, as the companies have to pay only 15% tax at the incorporation stage. No personal income tax or any individual tax is imposed. In addition, the movement of goods across the GCC countries is duty-free.
Oman focuses on implementation of economic diversity plans, industrialization and privatization to reduce reliance on oil returns. Oman has an advanced telecommunications infrastructure that supports interconnected international and local networks. The government is investing in the country's infrastructure, including the manufacturing sector, ports, special economic zones, free zones, airports, education and health systems, public utilities, communications and tourism.
Oman enjoys an investor-friendly legislative environment, as there are no restrictions on the flow of capital and the transfer of profits. It is permitted to return all profits and capital to companies that are incorporated in the special economic zones and free zones.
100% foreign ownership is permitted in Oman as per the new Foreign Direct Investment Law.
Oman also facilitates the procedures for registering technology investment companies and speeds up the start of their operational business in electronic manufacturing, data centres, cloud services, testing and IR4 technology development, information, communications, cybersecurity, space exploration, multimedia and content creation.
You can read more about investment incentives on the following links:
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