Abu Dhabi Aims to be World’s First Fully AI-Native Government across all Digital Services by 2027
Summary
On January 21, 2025, the Abu Dhabi Government announced the "Abu Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025-2027" (the “Strategy”), advancing Abu Dhabi’s transformation towards an AI-powered government. The Strategy, which is implemented by the Department of Government Enablement in collaboration with Abu Dhabi government entities, seeks to deploy AED13 billion through 2025-2027 to foster innovation and technology adoption in Abu Dhabi. The Strategy aims to establish a “robust digital infrastructure, creating a flexible and scalable foundation to achieve 100% adoption of sovereign cloud computing for government operations and digitising and automating 100% of processes.” It is anticipated that over 200 innovative AI solutions will be implemented across government services and that the strategy will contribute over AED24 billion to Abu Dhabi’s GDP by 2027, including through creating more than 5,000 employment opportunities.
Further information from the Abu Dhabi Department of Government Enablement can be found here.
