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Arab Times
05-07-2025
- Business
- Arab Times
Kuwait plans to enhance Sahel app and broaden digital services
KUWAIT CITY, July 5: Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar on Saturday emphasized the ongoing commitment to enhance and update the government application 'Sahel,' aligning it with Kuwait's broader digitization goals and meeting the growing demand for efficient, secure digital services from citizens and residents. Al-Omar told KUNA that the Ministry recently convened an expanded meeting with Sahel's Executive Committee to assess recent developments and discuss future plans for expanding the digital services offered through the platform. He revealed that the upcoming phase will include the launch of new services and a stronger focus on integrating government agencies via improved data exchange and technical connectivity. Describing digitization as more than just a technical upgrade, the minister highlighted it as a comprehensive transformation in service delivery. 'Sahel is the practical embodiment of this approach,' he said, stressing its role as a central national platform that facilitates access to government services through a unified digital gateway. This streamlining significantly reduces time and effort for users while enhancing satisfaction with government performance. Al-Omar further stressed the importance of continued government support for the Sahel's executive committee, praising the collaborative efforts of the various teams involved. He underlined the need to intensify coordination with government agencies to accelerate the addition of new services, ensuring that 'service begins with the citizen and ends with him.' In addition to public services, the minister pointed out that the next development stage will focus heavily on advancing the Sahel Business application. This platform aims to better serve the private sector by enabling entrepreneurs and companies to complete transactions more easily and efficiently, reflecting Kuwait's comprehensive national strategy to digitize the business environment. The meeting included key figures such as Eng. Tareq Al-Darbas, Advisor to the Minister, Colonel Bashar Al-Sayed Hashem, Director of the Information Systems Department at the Ministry of Interior, Fajr Al-Yassin, Quality Control Supervisor at the Public Authority for Civil Information, and Amina Abdul Rahim, Systems Development Supervisor at the same authority. The government's ongoing digital transformation via Sahel is seen as a pivotal step toward increasing transparency, equitable access to services, and improved public spending efficiency.
Zawya
23-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Qatar: Municipality Ministry launches 17 new services on Oun app
Doha, Qatar: As part of the Ministry of Municipality's digital transformation project, the Information Systems Department, in cooperation with the Agricultural Affairs Department, has launched 17 new agricultural services on 'Oun' app. The initiative aims at enhancing the efficiency and quality of services, simplifying procedures, and accelerating completion through an integrated digital approach. The new services include the issuance of permits for importing fertilisers and agricultural soil enhancers, permits for importing honeybees and biological enemies, permits for importing trees and seedlings, permits for importing natural wood and plant parts, permits for importing vegetables and fruits, and permits for importing natural green fodder and dry grain fodder. Other services are related to permits for importing seeds and seedlings, permits for importing restricted-use fertilisers, permits for importing agricultural consignments (inspection), permits for importing palm trees and offshoots, permits for importing pesticides, permits for importing cut flowers, request for a productivity certificate, issuance of a porta-cabin transfer permit, approval for restricted-use fertilisers (security approval), selling dates palm shoots, recruitment of agricultural workers approval, request for approval for Kahramma services and to whom it may concern certificate and request for a marketing certificate. The Ministry of Municipality is providing hundreds of electronic services through its website and Oun app. The app offers many services by all sectors of the Ministry to the beneficiaries. These include all services of the municipal sector like pruning trees, removing sewage water and large-sized solid wastes, licensing for advertisements and issuance of building permits, among many more. The Ministry is developing 400 services under its digital transformation project in a bid to provide smart and automated services to the public and beneficiary companies. The digital services cover all sectors, including agriculture, food security, urban development, general services and community services. The digital transformation project, which began in 2023, includes the website of the ministry and its Oun app and solutions for the smart city. The Ministry of Municipality is developing its services by upgrading the procedures and re-engineering using AI and other modern technologies to make them more efficient for users. One of the major benefits of digital transformation is the linkage with other government institutions for sharing data. This helps reduce the requirements for applicants to upload documents and certificates every time. The project will bring about a qualitative leap towards smart city solutions by developing services with a comprehensive development of all components of the technological infrastructure of services. © Dar Al Sharq Press, Printing and Distribution. All Rights Reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. ( The Peninsula Newspaper
