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El Chorouk
12-05-2025
- Business
- El Chorouk
Algeria, Candidate For Digital Leadership in Africa by 2030
Algeria's achievements enable it to achieve continental leadership in digital transformation by 2030, the Minister and High Commissioner for Digitalisation, Meriem Benmouloud, affirmed on Monday in Algiers. In a statement on the sidelines of a media day dedicated to the official announcement of the National Digital Transformation Strategy, Benmouloud explained that Algeria 'has achieved several gains that allow it to become the African leader in the field of digital transformation, by 2030, through the approved strategy.' She also discussed the two data centres currently under construction, noting that they 'align with the new strategy, in its component related to expanding the infrastructure.' She added that 'the completion rate at the Mohammadia data centre has reached approximately 80%, while the completion rate at the Blida centre has reached 50%.' The minister asserted that the aforementioned strategy encompasses various fields, as it is 'the organising framework for the digital transformation process, which is an ambitious project to activate Algeria's achievements.' This strategy is based on five main axes. The first relates to 'basic infrastructure for information and communication technologies,' which includes telecommunications networks, data centres, and equipment to ensure strong connectivity and equal access to digital services. The strategy aims to 'build more than five national data centres, along with the general use of the national domain (dz).' The second axis concerns 'human capital and training,' and aims to 'provide 500,000 active experts in information and communication technologies, while reducing the migration of skilled workers by 40%.' The third axis is related to 'digital governance and focuses on the digitisation of public administration. Its goal is the complete digitisation of the internal management of the public sector, in addition to digitising administrative procedures for citizens and institutions.' The fourth axis focuses on the 'digital economy and aims to reduce cash payments and eliminate cash payments for financial transactions exceeding 500,000 DZD, as well as promote the creation of start-ups active in the digital sector, and make digital a means of generating wealth for the national economy, contributing 20% of GDP.' As for the fifth axis, which is the 'digital society', it aims to 'ensure equal and comprehensive access to digital technologies and services and increase citizen participation in public life through the digital space.' In the same context, Rabah Nassim Iklef, a representative of the Information Systems Security Agency of the Ministry of National Defense, explained that the National Strategy for Information Systems Security 'determines the country's direction and the strategic objectives to be achieved to ensure the protection and resilience of national information systems and sensitive infrastructure, thereby ensuring our country's secure digital transformation and preserving its digital sovereignty.'
Jordan Times
24-02-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
IEC to implement digital identity for upcoming elections
Independent Elections Committee (IEC) Chairman Musa Maaytah on Monday announces that the digital identity card will be accepted in the next Parliamentary elections (Petra photo) AMMAN — Independent Elections Committee (IEC) Chairman Musa Maaytah on Monday announced that the digital identity card will be accepted in the next Parliamentary elections. 'The digital identity via the Sanad application will be accepted in the upcoming elections so that we can ease up the voting process,' Maaytah said. The minister added that the aim is also to encourage citizens to actively take part in the upcoming elections, according to a statement by the IEC. The Sanad application, launched by the government in February 2020 as part of the fifth executive package of the government's economic program, aims to support electronic services and improve the business environment. 'We want to move forward with the digital transformation project and encourage citizens to make use of the electronic services,' Maaytah stressed. The minister's remarks were made during a meeting between the Civil Status and Passports Department (CSPD) and IEC officials and the technical team. The minister added that the IEC worked with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurs and the CSPD to develop a special electronic mechanism that would 'show the digital identification information via Sanad application to the election committee members who will be present at polling stations'. Maaytah added that the IEC is currently working on 'substituting paperwork by digitalising the entire election process for the next elections'. 'The digitalising process will hopefully work to ensure more transparency and integrity of the election process and will speed up the voting and result procedure,' according to Maaytah. The minister also revealed during the meeting that the IEC held several training sessions related to the digital process for individuals who will be part of the committees that will be stationed at polling stations. Meanwhile, the CSPD Director Ghaith Tayeb said that the use of digital identification in the upcoming election process is part of the National Digital Transformation Strategy. An official at the IEC told The Jordan Times that both the smart identification card and the digital identification via the Sanad application will be accepted in the next Parliamentary elections.
