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Digital & Technology

Kenya Is Going Cashless

From 1 July, the Kenyan Government is rolling out a cashless smart card system for use on all of the nation’s public service vehicles. The card, created by Google’s BebaPay, […]

How Should Governments Best Use Twitter?

The social media tool Twitter is used by thousands of governments and national leaders, but who uses it most and who uses it best? Some interesting statistics have been found […]

Britain to become ‘Digital by Default’

Britain is being encouraged to become a government of ‘digital by default’, offering savings in the tens of billions. Independent think tank Policy Exchange has produced a report outlining how […]

Geospatial Information Management – Why Time and Place Really Matter

How geospatial information management is changing the world What is geospatial information? Basically, any information that has an element of location about it. For example, knowing where the nearest hospital […]

Digital Democracy: a new way to engage citizens?

Can the work of global governments ever be interesting enough for social media? The UK Parliament certainly hopes so, as Eleanor Goodison reports A revolution may be about to take […]

Queensland government goes online to cut costs

The government of Queensland in Australia is moving its ICT operation to the cloud, in a bid to reduce costs by a reported AUS $13.7 million over the next three […]

A smart move for streamlined service delivery?

Graham Scott analyses the potential of smart ID cards to drive efficiency in public services Imagine that every bit of information a government needs about its citizens could be stored […]

Fast-growing Philippines city uses IT to get ahead

The mayor of a city in the Philippines has concluded that investment in IT will lead to economic prosperity for his electorate. Oscar Moreno, mayor of Cagayan de Oro City […]

Middle East ICT spending set to top $32 billion in 2014

Spending on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the Middle East is set to exceed $32 billion in 2014, according to the latest predictions from the International Data Corporation (IDC). […]

Smart thinking on digital inclusion from Singapore government

The government of Singapore is set to spend millions of dollars on driving digital inclusion throughout the country. In a recent announcement, the country’s minister for communications and information, Yaacob […]