Government to spend 32B on digital tech by 2025
The Digital Government Authority has released a report on the government's expenditure on telecommunications and information technology services for the year 2025. The total expenditure amounted to 31.9 billion riyals, with official contracts valued at 31.7 billion riyals across more than 6,145 contracts. The report emphasizes the growth in the use of advanced technologies, such as cloud computing by 42% and artificial intelligence by 20%. It also shows that investment in digital projects has generated direct added value exceeding 9.5 billion riyals and supported over 7,000 jobs. Additionally, the contribution of small and medium enterprises increased to 23% of the spending, with contract values reaching 9.23 billion riyals.
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