With guidance from its Vision 2030 strategy, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) aspires to become one of the world’s 15 largest economies. Unlocking the growth potential outside its urban centers will play a vital role in achieving this ambitious objective, alongside other growth drivers. This Viewpoint analyzes the primary success factors that are available to state and non-state actors to realize the full potential of KSA’s regions.

Generation Z (widely known as Gen Z), encompassing those born between 1997 and 2012, is anticipated to make up over one-quarter of the global workforce by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum. As the first digitally native and globally connected generation, Gen Z brings distinctive skills and capabilities to organizations, making their recruitment and retention essential for sustained business success in the era of digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI). 

Since the turn of the millennium, modern universities have adapted and evolved from their public image as traditional old institutions of knowledge. However, they currently face a widening range of challenges brought on by our transforming, globalized world.

At a country level, digitalization is seen as a driver of economic growth and skilled jobs creation. While the term “digital economy” is not new, recent developments mean policy makers must now rethink their digitalization agendas.

In a rapidly changing, digitally enabled world where citizens have become used to services only a click away, governments continue to struggle to keep pace despite significant advancements in e-government or, as it is more commonly known today, digital government.