Comprehensive coverage and updates on Digital Government Authority across the MENA tech ecosystem.
Consolidations, new services on existing apps, a mandatory AI framework and platform standardisation. Read as a set, the government announcements form a product roadmap.
A LEAP session put platform-scale numbers on Saudi Arabia's government super-app, including 926 services consolidated under a single interface.
A partnership announced at LEAP gives STV-backed startups government use cases, a sandbox and a route to procurement. What DGA is contributing is not money — it is demand.
Saudi Arabia honoured 62 government entities at LEAP 2026 for completing the integration of their services into Tawakkalna, the national app the authorities say now carries more than 1,700 services and 85 million transactions a day.
Pakistan's IT minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja attended the LEAP 2026 opening, gave a keynote and inaugurated the Pakistan Pavilion, with a scheduled meeting with the head of Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Authority.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Media launched Ealam at LEAP 2026, a single portal meant to eventually replace 22 separate platforms run by the ministry, the Saudi Press Agency, the media regulator and the state broadcaster.
Hong Kong's Applied Science and Technology Research Institute and Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Authority signed a partnership covering joint AI research, researcher exchange and proof-of-concept validation in the DGA's sandbox.
Naver's cloud-based digital twin platform has been approved by Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Authority as the platform for local government use, after the company delivered three-dimensional models of Makkah, Medina and Jeddah.
The Saudi Digital Government Authority (DGA) announced on August 25, 2026, that it will organize the Saudi Digital Exhibition at LEAP 2026. The exhibition will feature more than 20 launches of government digital products and platforms.
The Saudi Ministry of Interior officially inaugurated its technology pavilion at LEAP 2026, showcasing advanced systems for field security, traffic safety, and digital services.