Digital transformation is essential for any nation in order to better serve its citizens and when governments are committed to digital innovation and sustainability, it complements and promotes the effort to achieve all 17 SDGs.
President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere said this while officially launching the Online Filing Software of the Judicial Department at the Grand Pacific Hotel yesterday.
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The Fijian government will maximize the use of the Walesi platform for transmitting messages to reach the farthest in Fiji as it streamlines e-government services, local media reported on Friday.
Fiji's Minister for Communications Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said on Friday that there were plans to streamline e-government services through the establishment of network towers.
Read more: Fijian gov't to maximize on e-services for those in rural areas
The value addition that information and communications technology brings to the agriculture sector is potentially transformative and it can boost the agriculture sector and create new business opportunities at the same time.
Regional director for International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Ioane Koroivuki, made the comment at the e-agriculture strategy for Fiji stakeholders meeting yesterday.
The city of destiny, Suva, is envisioned to become a leader in sustainability, healthy living, equality and innovation.
Smart cities
A smart city is a highly connected place where intelligent decision-making enhances infrastructural efficiencies, economic growth, swift governance, sustainability and greater safety and security to enhance the quality of life of citizens.
State is now digitalising all national records in a move to protect records and boost development, says Solicitor-General and Acting Permanent Secretary for Communications Sharvada Sharma.
Mr Sharma was speaking at the opening of a three-day Capacity Building Training Workshop on E-government development in Pacific Small Island Developing States that began in Suva this morning.
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