UAE Business: Bahrain’s iGA highlights digital transformation at WGS – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Bahrain’s iGA highlights digital transformation at WGS – Gulf Digital News

Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) highlighted some of the Kingdom’s digital transformation successes at the recent World Government Summit 2022 held on the sidelines of Expo 2020 Dubai.

The iGA delegation was led by Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al Qaed and included Deputy CE for Electronic Transformation, Dr. Zakariya Ahmed Alkhaja, Hesham Al Hashemi, iGA Government Systems Support & Maintenance Director, Abdulla Al Jowder eService & Channel Development Director, Ahmed Ibrahim Al Arabi, Chief, Strategic Planning, and and Chief, IT Policies & Standard, Ibrahim Yousef Al Mahmoud.

They participated in sessions and workshops on advanced infrastructure and ICT capacity and skills-building, among other topics. Al Qaed took part in an Arab Government Administration Forum, entitled ‘Are We Ready for the Digital Leap?’ during which he highlighted the many factors that contributed to Bahrain’s successful digital transformation , which benefits from a clear strategic vision, and set of policies and standards, as well as the support of the Kingdom’s senior leadership, represented by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

The Kingdom also provides a comprehensive framework for IT governance and digital transformation through the Supreme