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Saudi's Digital Domination: Consecutive Win in Global E-Government Index Saudi Arabia reinforces its digital leadership by securing the top position in the ESCWA E-Government Index for the second consecutive year, reflecting the Kingdom's dedication to #DigitalTransformation as per #Vision2030 goals. Discover more about Saudi's outstanding performance in digital maturity and public outreach on Saudi Business News: https://ayr.app/l/5qw6 #SaudiBusiness #SaudiNews #Vision2030 #SaudiArabia #DigitalGov #ESCWAEgovIndex #DigitalLeadership #GovernmentInnovation #DigitalSociety #TechAdvancement #PublicServices #GovernmentServices

Did you know that 90% of governments used digital portals to provide public services during the pandemic? COVID-19 became the catalyst for many governments to ramp up digital solutions. Yet, how well countries were able to take public services digital depended on existing governance systems and digital infrastructure. Our evaluation of UNDP’s work on digitalization found that 3⃣ elements of digital ecosystems in particular helped countries adapt faster: 🪪 Being able to verify your identify online with a digital ID 💳 Being able to pay online 🧩 Data systems that connect to each other The evaluation will be presented to UNDP's Executive Board today, 31 January. Read the report in full here: https://lnkd.in/dwrHccMF

UAE Digital Government Strategy The main objective of the UAE Digital Government Strategy 2025 is to create a broad cross-sectoral government commitment and buy-in for embedding the digital aspects into overall government strategies. It is drafted on the 8 dimensions of leaving no one behind (Inclusive by default), resilient, fit for the digital age, user-driven, digital by design, data-driven, open by default and proactiveness. The UAE’s National Digital Government Strategy is drafted on eight dimensions. The dimensions were aimed to leverage The OECD Digital Government Policy Framework and were tailored to fit the UAE’s developmental plan in the post pandemic era. Source: https://lnkd.in/dXNGfQd3

Today's Digital Practices, Policies & Regulations Digital Success Strategy – Pakistan The Pakistan Government is fostering digital growth by... Read More: https://lnkd.in/dXj2ZTTT #digitaltransformations #digitalstrategies #digitalgrowth #emergingtech

Today's Digital Practices, Policies & Regulations USAID Digital Policy The U.S. Government’s Agency for International... Read More: https://lnkd.in/dX79UGyH #usaid #usgovernment #digitalupdates

Today's Digital Practices, Policies & Regulations Morocco’s Digital Future The Moroccan government has been advancing its digital... Read More: https://lnkd.in/dFvqnHm4 #morocco #digitalupdates #digitalinnovations

Saving $1.3 Billion: The Success Story of Digital Transformation in Saudi Arabia 🔹️ Digitization is key for governments looking to move forward, let alone reduce their spendings. The ‘Deem’ Government Cloud platform by SDAIA | سدايا and EXPRO led to $1.3B in financial savings in 5 years. 🔹️One of the key reasons for building a strong e-government in Saudi Arabia is the comprehensive adoption of digital transformation. The ‘Deem’ Government Cloud platform, developed by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) and EXPRO, has achieved financial savings of $1.3 billion over just 5 years. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐦’ 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: ✔️ Enhanced Security: Secure file upload, synchronization, and storage. ✔️ Flexible Tech Services: Immediate and flexible tech resources. ✔️ Improved Efficiency: Increases the efficiency of government operations. 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 (2018-2023): 🔸️ Achieved financial savings of $1.3 billion. 🔸️ Integrated over 230 data centers. 🔸️ Evaluated 142 government entities. 🔸️ Served more than 180 government entities. 🔸️ Reduced annual costs by 92%. 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄-𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 🥇 Cybersecurity: Ranked 1st globally in 2024 according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook by the Institute for Management Development (IMD). 🥉 Digital Government Transformation: Ranked 3rd globally in the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) published by the World Bank in 2022. 🔝 E-Government Development: Advanced 12 places to rank 31st globally in the E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2022. Among the G20 countries, Saudi Arabia is one of the leading nations in this index. 🔆 These achievements reflect Saudi Arabia's vision for a prosperous digital future and its commitment to achieving Vision 2030 to enhance the digital economy and improve the efficiency of government services. #saudiarabia #digitaltransformation #cloud #ai #innovation #artificialintelligence #DigitalTransformation #EGovernment #SDAIA #EXPRO #Deem

What is #datasovereignty and who needs it? I'll be hosting a 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 - 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗟 show on Wednesday (12.45 KSA | 13.45 UAE) to discuss data sovereignty and the 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆's new 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. We'll discuss what data sovereignty is, who it benefits and why it is now more relevant than ever in the new era of #AI. Earlier this month SDAIA | سدايا published a draft data sovereignty public policy, which will provide guidance for #Saudi Arabia's government and private sectors on the #SDAIA's data sovereignty principles and priorities. On Wednesday I'll be joined by Abdullah AlFarha عبدالله الفرحه, Senior Governance Consultant, Board Member, ACC Middle East and North Africa Chapter; and Nick O'Connell, Partner, Head of Digital & Data - Saudi Arabia at Al Tamimi & Company, to discuss the new SDAIA policy and what data sovereignty means for Saudi Arabia. Click 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 and add this event to your calendar here: https://lnkd.in/eK6Stx9k See the SDAIA Draft Data Sovereignty Public Policy here: https://lnkd.in/dGSZsM_r 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘓𝘓 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴? 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 🔔 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦. Want to receive my weekly news digest straight to your inbox every Thursday morning? https://lnkd.in/dij4qFi5 Trying to position your tech venture as a leader in its space? That's what I do! https://lnkd.in/dwQ5JMtm #MiddleEastAINews (𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘋𝘈𝘐𝘈 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵)

Nigeria ranked high in global digital readiness index

tl;dr Those who are delivering digital public services in Africa should improve their contribution of their experences and learnings to the body of knowledge on digital transformation. - - I am helping to establish a state government's digital and data agency, and have just done some work on the draft of the digital service standards we supported the agency to co-create. As part of ensuring that the digital service teams that the standards would apply to have an understanding of how to achieve them, I scoured the Internet for resources, blog posts etc by their peers in African and other countries. I found that there is a dearth of such resources from Africa, and my quick guess is that there are potentially two reasons for this: One: The digital transformation that is happening in the public sector in Africa - which is significantly international partner-supported - is largely being done in a manner that is not building the digital capabilities of the governments to deliver the services by themselves. The implication is - if the actual work is being done by a party who isn't really transferring skills (whatever the reason), the local digital teams do not have the firsthand knowledge they can showcase to the rest of the world. If anything is published on theirdigitaltransformation, they are only reports by the international patners that do not provide the level of detail that peer digital teams can leverage. Two: Where local digital teams are building, operating and improving their own digital services, they do not really consider the publication of their learnings as an important part of their work. The implication is that non-African countries will continue to shape global thought leadership on digital public service delivery. On the local level, it might be indicative of the digital team's lack of openness via documentation that even their sister digital teams within their own countries can quickly leverage. Africa's government digital teams need to write, and share more! #digitaltransformation #digital #digitalgovernment #digitalservice