E-Government portals are available in 18 Arab countries

Mobilk - 18 Arab countries had electronic government portals, these are; Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. In a new report, the Arab Advisors Group profiled and analyzed the Arab e-Government portals and their varying degree of progress and sophistication.

A new report from Arab Advisors Group analyzes and profiles the Arab e-Government Initiatives. The report covers 19 countries in the Arab World: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. The Arab Advisors analysis is dedicated to countries that have e-Government portals. . By September 2015, a formal e-Government portal was not yet present in Palestine.

The Arab Advisors Group’s data analysis consists of an assessment of 25 governmental portals for 18 Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE (with Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain analyzed separately) and Yemen.

A new report "Electronic Government Initiatives in the Arab World 2016" was released to the Arab Advisors Group’s Telecoms Strategic Research Service subscribers on January 20, 2016. This report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Group for only US$ 1,200. The 64-page report, which has 29 detailed exhibits, provides a comprehensive analysis of the e-Government initiatives in the Arab World and their varying degree of progress and sophistication.

Please contact the Arab Advisors Group to get a copy of the reports Table of Contents.

Any investment in this report will count towards an annual Strategic Research Service subscription should the service be acquired within three months from purchasing the report; or could count towards attending Arab Advisors’ “The 2nd Electronic and Mobile Payments in the Arab World Conference” on 4th of April 2016 at The Four Seasons Hotel in Amman – Jordan; or towards attending “Technology Convergence Conference 2016” on May 30 & 31, 2016 at The Four Seasons Hotel in Amman – Jordan.

The Arab Advisors Group has compared the main e-Government portals based on the presence of various features dealing with information availability, service delivery and public access. Features assessed included: mobile messaging services, social networking presence, online publications, email registration, user payments, presence of online services, online database and live chat availability on the portal.

“Governments in the Arab World have been adopting e-Government solutions to facilitate the citizen-government relations. By September 2015, eighteen Arab countries had launched e-Government portals all primarily aimed at serving the citizens of the country. From the analysis, 75% of e-Government portals provide online services. Furthermore, user payments options are offered by 54.2% of Arab e-Government portals “. Ms. Mai Al-Zeir, Arab Advisors Senior Research Analyst wrote in the report.

The Arab Advisors Group’s team of analysts in the region has already produced over 4,300 reports on the Arab World’s communications, media and financial markets. The reports can be purchased individually or received through an annual subscription to Arab Advisors Group’s (www.arabadvisors.com) Strategic Research Services (Media and Telecom).

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