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  • Cambodia introducing eIDs

    Cambodia has just added itself to the growing list of countries looking to introduce some sort of electronic ID card to its citizens.

    According to a report in Bernama.com, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior recently announced that as many as 2.2 million Cambodians have already received the new ID cards in the first phase of issuance, and another 5.5 million will get the new IDs soon.

    As of yet, its unclear which company is assisting the country in the rollout of this program.

  • Cambodian premier encourages the official to build up smart phone technology

    Premier Hun Sen has asked government officials to boost their technological capabilities in an attempt to make Cambodia tech-friendly.

    Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged yesterday to all the Royal Government’s officials to build up their capacity on smart phone technology in order to speed up their work and responsibility.

  • How blockchain changes the game for Cambodia’s smart cities

    • With dozens of smart cities in Asia, how many are powered by the use of blockchain?
    • The upside of blockchain-enabled smart cities is that businesses, retail shops, and consumers can interact with each other in a smarter and more effective manner.

    In a smart city, traffic, public services, and document circulation can be fully automated, integrated by big data and the internet of things (IoT). Applying blockchain is not as common in smart cities as these other tech, but that’s exactly what this project in Cambodia is doing.

  • Urban Cambodians Embrace Digital Lifestyle

    Just 10 years ago, Cambodians relied on dingy, storefront internet cafes if they wanted to surf the web. Computers were old, power cuts were frequent and overhead fans creaked along in a futile effort to keep customers cool as they paid to send and receive emails by the minute.

    Local businessman Sourn Narein recalls a time not so long ago when smartphones were as peculiar as Wi-Fi-enabled laptops. One recent morning in Phnom Penh, as he sipped Italian-style coffee in a trendy air-conditioned cafe — surrounded by fellow smartphone- and tablet-wielding young professionals — he stated the obvious.

  • Cambodia Embarks on E-Government

    Early this month Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that his administration was moving toward e-government, praising the efforts made by the Ministry of Commerce, under the leadership of Minister Sun Chanthol to make services like commercial registration available online. He also urged all ministries to use social media to reach out to a wider audience, and encouraged all ministries to set up Facebook pages, given the popularity of Facebook in Cambodia.

    However, e-government is a relatively new concept in the Kingdom. Many policymakers at both the national and local levels have not been trained to use information technology to deliver public services. Implementing e-government services requires sufficient knowledge, infrastructure and manpower.

  • Cambodia is launching a blockchain network for the country’s payment system

    Cambodia is launching a distributed ledger technology network for the country's payment system and cutting down the use of the US dollar.

    Cambodia is launching a blockchain network for the country’s payment system. The new distributed ledger technology network is aimed at boosting the use of the local fiat currency and cutting down the US dollar use. It will facilitate real-time payments, and the country hopes to bring down the cost of payments drastically. The payment system will have several benefits, but the main goal is to reduce the use of US dollar.

  • Cambodia Releases E-Government Guidelines

    he agency behind the nationwide e-government released a long-awaited guidelines for the first time, at the end of last week detailing what ministries and other government departments needed to do, to take their services online, a local media reported on Tuesday.

    The National Information Communications Technology Development Agency (NIDA) also released information security to ensure government information was kept secure and protected from system intruders, China's Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report from the Phnom Penh Post.

  • Cambodia: Government warns of digital divide in e-govt delay

    Sok An seeks additional investment from SKorea. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An warned Friday of a looming digital divide in Cambodia and asked for additional assistance from South Korea as he launched a long-awaited e-government network that connects 10 of the country’s 24 provinces.

    The Provincial Administration Information System (PAIS), which was being built with assistance from South Korea, was intended to connect the entire country to allow the government to automate its systems, Sok An said.

  • Cambodia: UN course to boost use of ICT to improve governance

    Four-day course briefs 20 government ministries on technology

    The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) will prove a “catalyst” for the Kingdom’s development, the secretary general of the National Information Communications Technology Department Authority (NiDA) said Monday.

    Speaking on the eve of the UN’s Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT’s (UN-APICT) four-day training programme for government officials, Leewood Phu told the Post: “ICT is a major factor in helping the development of Cambodia. It’s the catalyst for the sector.”

  • Cambodian PM touts e-government

    Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced plans to install video-conferencing facilities at key military headquarters throughout the country to promote e- government, national media said on Friday.

    The move would reduce government spending on transportation and improve national security, English-language daily newspaper the Phnom Penh Post quoted him as saying.

  • Can Cambodia play e-government leapfrog?

    The government of Cambodia’s long awaited e-government guidelines have provided agencies with a roadmap for how to take their services online as the Kingdom looks to get up to speed with the global ICT sector. There is an opportunity for Cambodia to “leapfrog” other developing countries and avoid past mistakes, Madhav Ragam, Director, Government & Education, Healthcare & Life Sciences at IBM’s Growth Markets Unit told FutureGov.

    Cambodia’s National Information Communications Technology Development Agency (NIDA) has stated that the project would build ICT capacity in government and help track progress of government projects. There would also be a focus on information security to ensure that sensitive information was protected from intruders.

  • Digitising Cambodia’s economic future

    In March 2018, the Cambodian government announced its plan to be ready to transform into a digital economy by 2023. A digital economy is one in which economic processes and activities are based on digital technologies (electronic systems and devices that generate, store or process data). The digitisation of the economy drives innovation and fuels job opportunities and economic growth.

    Cambodia’s economy grew at an estimated rate of 7.1 per cent in 2018, driven primarily by robust expansion in domestic consumption and exports. Despite this positive outlook, there are internal and external risks that may affect Cambodia’s future growth. These include the potential withdrawal of the European Union’s Everything But Arms trade preferences, unpredictable spillover effects of the ongoing trade frictions between the United States and China, and vulnerabilities in Cambodia’s financial sector related to the construction and real estate sectors.

  • Full-time internet surveillance comes to Cambodia this week

    Locals fear sharing their views on new National Internet Gateway

    Cambodia’s National Internet Gateway comes online this Wednesday, exposing all traffic within the country to pervasive government surveillance.

    As The Register reported when the Gateway was announced in January 2021, Cambodia's regime will require all internet service providers and carriers to route their traffic through the Gateway. Revocation of operating licences or frozen bank accounts are among penalties for non-compliance.

  • KH: ‘E-premier’ eyes digital future

    Prime Minister and self-proclaimed “e-premier” Hun Sen shamed technological troglodytes throughout the government yesterday for their laggardly embrace of new communication tools, which he maintained would quicken the government’s work if properly applied. Declaring a technologically fostered “e-government”, the premier chided digitally illiterate civil servants, urging them to at least master basic smartphone functions like SMS, email and Viber, noting that he himself had bestowed his blessing on the recent agreement on the Kingdom’s new election law by firing off a quick chat via messaging system WhatsApp.

  • KH: A rapid and optimistic uptake of e-government

    In this tech-savvy era, the world continues to innovate and put an ‘e’ for many services such as email, e-commerce, e-payments, and e-banking, with the prefix standing for ‘electronic’. Cambodia, too, does not lag far behind, as a large majority of Cambodians are aware of the internet and many have jumped onto the bandwagon of smartphones and online communication. However, there is now a new ‘e’ kid on the block – e-government.

    Preap Kol, executive director of anti-corruption NGO Transparency International Cambodia, explains e-government as governance through the internet, primarily to reduce unnecessary cost.

  • KH: Digital signature system one year out

    A system to authenticate electronic documents for individuals and businesses that was approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen in a sub-decree late last year will take at least another year before it is fully implemented.

    An event held yesterday at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications outlined the basic concept of what the country’s digital signature platform would look like once completed.

  • KH: Online vehicle registration and driving tests launched

    The Ministry of Public Works and Transport officially launched a pair of new websites yesterday that will allow Cambodians to register their vehicles as well as take the written portion of their driver’s exam online.

    The new system was touted as a way to speed up the process as well as eliminate potential graft.

  • KH: Plans for Sihanoukville to Become ‘Smart City’ of the Future

    South Korea is set to help Cambodia develop its metropolitan areas into so-called smart cities.

    Chea Sophara, minister of land management, urban planning and construction, said on Monday that he was due to sign an agreement with his South Korean counterpart this week during a diplomatic visit to the country.

  • KH: Sihanoukville smart city contest taking entries

    The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has launched an open call to startups across Asia to take part in the Smart Cities

    The project invites entrepreneurs with a regional focus on either Sihanoukville in Cambodia, Chiangmai in Thailand or Surabaya in Indonesia, to collaborate with municipal governments to scale up sustainable smart city solutions.

  • KH: UN forum promotes Preah Sihanouk ‘Smart City’

    The UN in Cambodia held a virtual conference with Preah Sihanouk provincial officials on February 23 to promote the project Sihanoukville for All: Promoting a Smart, Sustainable, and Inclusive City.

    The project was planned in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN-Habitat.

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