{"id":75740,"date":"2022-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=84c1cc1d21c1e820da656a6122e80d6d"},"modified":"2022-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:00:00","slug":"minister-digital-transformation-constitutes-main-pillar-of-kuwaits-2035-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/minister-digital-transformation-constitutes-main-pillar-of-kuwaits-2035-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister: Digital transformation constitutes main pillar of Kuwait’s 2035 vision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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– Kuwait has made great strides towards digital transformation, a main pillar of its 2035 development vision, said Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Affairs Mazen al-Nahedh on Sunday.<\/P>
Speaking at the Ninth e-Government Forum launched with the participation of several government and private agencies, Al-Nahedh, also minister of commerce and industry, said that development and digital transformation are closely linked.<\/P>
There is no sustainable development without smart digital transformation, he affirmed.<\/P>
He argued that that digital transformation of government transactions save a lot of time, effort and money to the country.<\/P>
“We see that technology should be used to boost transparency and limit human intervention in government transactions in a way that enhances anti-corruption efforts”, he said.<\/P>
He stressed the importance of having highly-qualified Kuwaiti cadres in information technology to help materialize the digital transformation goals.<\/P>
Meanwhile, Haya Alwadani, Director General of Kuwait’s Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT), said during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic Kuwait took great steps towards digital transformation in government transactions to overcome the challenge of lockdowns.<\/P>
During this period, the CAIT launched “Sahel App” which is a unified platform for electronic services of various government agencies, she pointed out, adding that it sharply cut paper work and gave an added-value to the national economy<\/P>
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Source: Kuwait News Agency\t<\/P>
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