Kuwait Finance Minister discusses digital transformation plans with Microsoft

Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment and the Acting Minister of Oil, Dr. Nora Al-Fassam held talks on Wednesday with Microsoft Deputy CEO Angela Heise on plans to render the ministry a pioneering digital department.

The ministry said in a statement that the Microsoft officer explored the conglomerate’s potentials to support the State of Kuwait in its efforts to accelerate digital transformation, beef up cyber security and the AI usage within its 2035 development strategy.

The two sides agreed on holding other meetings and publicizing success of the e-messaging system, recently overhauled with Microsoft high-tech and the AI applications.

The meeting was attended by the Assistant Undersecretary of the General Budget Affairs Sector, Saad Al-Alati, the Assistant Undersecretary for the General Accounting Affairs Sector, Acting Director of the Automated Information Center, Manal Al-Trabalsi, and the Head of the Planning and Quality Control Department, Mohammed Al-Erian.

Source: KUNA