The strategy includes an ambitious action plan based on attracting leading international companies mainly specialized in emerging technologies, increasing the local content share in the information technology sector, improving the technical skills of the local workforce working in the field, in addition to promoting knowledge as well as technical and digital awareness, driving technical innovation by promoting research and development in the work system of startups in the Kingdom, enabling the development of mega projects, as well as supporting coordination and concerted efforts between the ICT-related bodies in the public and private sectors.

The ICT Strategy 2019-2023 comes as part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology’s efforts aimed at establishing a strong and advanced digital infrastructure that contributes to accelerating the digital transformation process, thus supporting the directions of Vision 2030 that aim to enhance the role of the ICT sector to build a digital society, a digital government, a thriving digital economy and an innovative future for the Kingdom.