an opportunity for Jordan to focus on further developing digitally enabled solutions to meet demands from key sectors. A focus on smart specialization is therefore of key importance for linking the ICT sector and the overall economy, and for assisting Jordan in shifting its effort towards the digital economy, which can drive productivity and service innovation. In the following, we present the six key sectors and key tech verticals that are of relevance to Jordan, and it will be argued why they are key to Jordan. To sum up, the driving sectors of the digital economy in Jordan are shown in the table below.