Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority teams up with G42 unit to implement latest technology

Government body will use expertise of Presight.ai to streamline public finance practices

Haifa Al Balooshi, ADAA’s director of information technology, right, and Adel Al Sharji, chief operating officer of Presight.ai, left, during the signing ceremony at the Abu Dhabi pavilion at Gitex Global Week in Dubai on Wednesday. Photo: ADAAShow less

The Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority and Presight.ai, a unit of artificial intelligence company G42, have signed a preliminary agreement to implement the latest technologies to drive efficiency in the operations of government entities.

Under the agreement, ADAA will use Presight.ai's applications in AI, the cloud and big data to streamline the entities' auditing and public finance practices, as well as step up anti-corruption efforts, the authority said in a statement on Wednesday.

The agreement was signed by Haifa Al Balooshi, the ADAA’s director of information technology, and Adel Al Sharji, chief operating officer of Presight.ai, at the Gitex Global Week in Dubai.

The partnership will "fortify our capacity to apply best practices in governance and achieve the authority’s directive to preserve public funds and assets by keeping pace with digital transformation processes and utilising the cloud environment", Ms Al Balooshi said.

This will "reduce environmental risks and operational costs, enhancing security and regulatory compliance, and thus contributing to enhancing the overall competitiveness of the emirate of Abu Dhabi", she said.

The Abu Dhabi government is encouraging the use of digital technologies to streamline the services of entities. Government units have either led their own initiatives or have partnered with other organisations to help them realise their goal.

Last month, the Ministry of Economy unveiled its new headquarters in the metaverse, where it will provide its full portfolio of services to users in the virtual world.

In August, the Abu Dhabi Global Market, the emirate's financial free zone, and the Abu Dhabi Residents Office signed a partnership that aims to encourage more investments and retain talent using the former's digital platform.

Global technology companies are also playing a part. In September, US software company Oracle opened a technology collaboration centre in Abu Dhabi that aims to help public and private sector organisations leverage the use of emerging technology to boost their bottom lines.

Salim, the official mascot of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), at the agency's stand at Gitex in Dubai. All photos: Leslie Pableo for The National

Different stands at Gitex, which is being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Eerily human artificial faces at Gitex.

The Digital Dubai stand at Gitex.

A Dubai Customs official explains the latest in surveillance technology at the agency's stand.

Visitors at the Dubai Customs stand.

A robot barista at the TRDA stand.

A visitor looks at robots on display at Experthub Robotics' stand.

A humanoid robot interacts with visitors at the Etisalat stand.

Robotic boots at the Etisalat stand.

A visitor uses a robot microscope at BHS Technologies' stand.

Autonomous vehicles on display at Gitex.

A man dances at Huawei's stand.

A minibus at Abu Dhabi's stand at Gitex.

The agreement between the ADAA and Presight.ai will see a range of technology solutions that will be adapted to improve the authority's services, which is part of the Abu Dhabi government's vision for a technology-oriented government sector.

This will "strengthen the application of best governance practices and introduce new monitoring technologies, all to enhance Abu Dhabi's competitiveness in global governance indices", Mr Al Sharji said.

The latest agreement follows a December 2021 partnership between the two sides, in which ADAA became the first government entity to completely migrate its data centre to G42 Cloud's infrastructure.