Bahrain is investing in its IT industry in a new attempt to diversify the economy of the gulf state. Bahrain hopes to attract foreign IT companies and nurture its own IT community by advertising as the gateway to the Middle East. “Given the geographical limitations in terms of land size, IT is an obvious sector for Bahrain and the government wants to grow it.” said the head of the Bahrain Economic Development Board, John Kilmartin. About 12,000 of Bahrain’s 1.3 million population are employed in the IT sector.

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