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Saudi Arabia Rises in Digital Government Rankings by Japan University

According to the most recent survey government digital services, their tie to and digital legislation, in addition to
of the 64-country index, issued by the innovation and integration, contribution to establishing the Digital Government
Institute of digital government at Japan's improving the efficiency of administrative Authority. The report also indicated that
Waseda University in cooperation with and financial work as well as the quality of digital government services could provide
the International Academy of CIO (IAC) life for beneficiaries, and their contributions effective solutions to societies in times of
since 2005, Saudi Arabia ranked 30th in to promoting Sustainable Development crises, citing the solutions adopted by the
the general index and 11th among the Goals (SDGs). The report praised the efforts government during Covid-19 pandemic in
countries of the Group of Twenty. The made by the government of Saudi Arabia the years 2020-2021.
annual indicator measures progress in in the field of community participation

BNET Holds Strategy Workshop Under the Theme "One Team, One Vision"

BNET, the national company responsible stakeholders’ expectations, following a where all business units’ strategies
for telecommunications infrastructure, customer centric approach. We aim to were presented. This approach aimed to
held its first workshop of the year to launch ensure smooth customer experiences, establish comprehensive and optimized
its revamped corporate strategy, attended added value and a positive impact in our goals and an integrated executive plan
by Chief Executive Officer Ahmed Aldoseri community". The Strategy workshop that the entire company works to achieve
and senior management. The primary followed an open discussion approach as one team over the next three years.
objective of the Strategy workshop is to
drive operational excellence by fostering
innovation and optimization, led by an
inspired team, and based on the principle
“One Team, One Vision”. The workshop
presented BNET’s revamped strategy;
including a renewed vision and mission
and improved corporate objectives. The
renewal of BNET strategy aims to support
Bahrain’s vision to become a “Smart
Kingdom” with a reliable and secure Fiber
infrastructure. BNET CEO Ahmed Aldoseri
said: “Through this Strategy workshop,
BNET aims to ensure our internal
business units’ strategies align with our

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