Singapore tops world for number of software creators per capita


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (left) surprised delegates and staff with his first appearance at GitHub Universe, including GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. - PHOTO: GITHUB via The Straits Times/ANN

SAN FRANCISCO: An increasing number of people in Singapore are creating computer code, underscoring years of government efforts to boost programming expertise to support the nation’s place as a digital hub.

Almost one million residents – or one in six of the 5.9 million population – have latched on to coding, the highest ratio in the world and a fourfold rise from 260,000 in 2019.

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