At the Kantipur Economic Summit, Dhakal mentioned that the government should also invest and take initiatives in building basic digital infrastructure.
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Hemraj Dhakal, founder and managing director of IME Group, said that the government also needs to invest and take initiatives in the construction and expansion of digital infrastructure. He said that so far, the private sector has been working on expanding such infrastructure.
Speaking at the first session of the Kantipur Economic Summit, ‘A Sustainable Policy to Accelerate the Private Sector’, Dhakal mentioned that the government should now come forward in the digital infrastructure. ‘Although the private sector should play a leading role in this, the basic infrastructure should be prepared by the government,’ he said, ‘In India, the government itself has invested heavily in infrastructure.’ The private sector has been investing more in that. In the case of Nepal, the private sector has also invested heavily in basic areas such as connectivity, international bandwidth and payment gateways.’
Dhakal said that risks are also increasing along with the rapid digitalization in Nepal. He believes that startups and investors involved in the digital sector should take special precautions to minimize such risks. "In this day and age, maintaining cyber security and skilled manpower has become an expensive and challenging issue," he said. "The government needs to formulate a clear policy on this." Stating that the private sector's sole efforts will not be enough in the matter of cyber security, he said that the government should also prepare a proper foundation for this.
