Digital Public Infrastructure

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is rapidly gaining global recognition as a fundamental framework for modern societies, providing the essential digital systems that underpin interactions between individuals, businesses, and governments, serving as the base layer for secure and interoperable digital platforms that facilitate the delivery of public and private services including digital ID, data sharing, payments, and notifications.

The Kingdom of Bahrain has taken proactive actions to embrace digital transformation and strategically developing its Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) to enhance public services, stimulate economic growth, and improve the quality of life for its citizens and residents.

The development of robust digital infrastructure is considered strategically vital for the realization of Bahrain's Economic Vision 2030, which aims to diversify and develop the economy through the adoption of advanced technologies, while enhancing the quality of life for its constituents. By investing in areas like cloud computing, AI, blockchain, and secure data exchange platforms, Bahrain is positioning itself to lead in the digital economy, driving growth and improving citizen services.

Bahrain's key projects and initiatives to support its digital infrastructure includes the Cloud Transformation Project based on the Cloud-First policy, the updated National Authentication Framework Project (eKey system), the BenefitPay digital payment platform, the National Payment Aggregator (NPA), and the National Enterprise Architecture (NEA). These foundational elements, supported by a clear national digital strategy, have driven Bahrain's successful digital transformation earning international recognition and demonstrating its commitment to a digitally empowered future.