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Environment Hackathon is a digital competition in the environmental field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, launched by the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture on March 23, 2022, on the sidelines of Saudi Environment Week 2022. It features the participation of university students, programmers, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts, with prizes amounting to SAR300,000. The hackathon outcomes align with Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to preserve the environment and its natural resour...

Ignite The Sound is an event organized by the Digital Content Council, chaired by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in collaboration with various government entities. The event aims to support and empower leaders in the audio content sector to achieve high levels of inspiration, influence, growth, and change. Launched on October 18, 2022, the four-day event is the largest of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Significance of the event Ignite The...

Elm Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers a range of digital solutions that serve customers through various subscription packages that suit each customer and his needs. Elm's solutions help in understanding future challenges, identifying obstacles to implementing new work methods, creating a clear vision for the business plan and its stages and components, and defining the desired objectives. The aim is to enhance the overall performance of the organization and increase satisfactio...

The Attaa Digital Initiative is a non-profit specialized initiative launched by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2018. It aims to spread digital awareness in the community, in line with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 to achieve digital transformation. The initiative collaborates with partners from various government sectors and local and international private entities. In 2021, the initiative had around 250,000 members, and its 1,900 pr...

The BugBounty Platform is a platform that connects companies and organizations with cybersecurity researchers within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a national platform that covers all potential threats within government websites and private sector websites. Launched on April 23, 2019, this initiative is part of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones. Over three hundred companies have registered on the BugBounty Platform, and it boasts approximately fifteen thousand ...

They are data produced by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and everyone has the right to use, reuse, and publish them freely without any technical, financial, or legal restrictions while adhering to the legal licenses for open data under which they are published. Open government data is distinguished by improving the efficiency of government services, allowing citizens to participate, promoting creativity and innovation, helping to create job opportunities for new economic sectors...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is striving for leadership in the field of space by developing space technology and systems sector, as well as transferring and localizing technology in this vital sector. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) began its activities in the space sector in 1985. It launched seventeen satellites between 2000 and 2021, under the supervision of Saudi scientists specialized in engineering, in collaboration with the Saudi Space Agency to further develop this...