Government #digitaltransformation #goodgovernance #SDGs #citizenwellbeing #smartprosperity Executive VP Strategy & Innovation @freebalance
Joined October 2013
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May 15
The realization of #lockin vs #digitalsovereignty causing governments to rethink prevailing race to the #cloud
Apr 16
Vendor hype suggests governments embrace #SaaS for cloud benefits and #DigitalTransformation. However, our white paper by @dalytics highlights the need for tailored #CloudComputing solutions over generic SaaS.
Read more: bit.ly/4rMBS3K
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Apr 16
Vendor hype suggests governments embrace #SaaS for cloud benefits and #DigitalTransformation. However, our white paper by @dalytics highlights the need for tailored #CloudComputing solutions over generic SaaS.
Read more: bit.ly/4rMBS3K
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Mar 24
.@SAP adopts latest magic bullet; how can customers & the market keep up with positioning changes? theregister.com/2026/03/24/s…
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Mar 20
.@SAP customer coercion towards #cloud isn’t working. It’s no wonder after decades of selling complexity & so many failed magic bullets to reduce customization theregister.com/2026/03/19/s…
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Mar 16
Yet another sad example of #ERP #fail in government. COTS software designed for the private sector sucks public funds away from policy priorities while increasing #technicaldebt theregister.com/2026/03/16/w…
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10 Dec 2025
completed 9 intense days of @freebalance training of 10 young global #prosperity champions selected from 700. @PietraCEO led the last 2 days to demonstrate importance of our #glocal (global/local) approach to giving back - a strategic inflection point for young professionals
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17 Jul 2025
Governments who want to progressively activate #publicfinances #PFM choose @freebalance across the development spectrum, including advanced economies who recognize need to support future reforms
16 Jul 2025
Bougainville selects FreeBalance to lead PFM reform & digital transformation. The new system will boost transparency, decentralize service delivery & build lasting institutional capacity.
freebalance.com/en/press-rel…
#GovTech #PFM #DigitalTransformation #Bougainville #PublicFinance
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28 May 2025
#GovTechForum pitch to join @worldbank #Innovation Global Partnership program worldbank.org/en/programs/go…
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28 May 2025
How to convince government officials that #AI benefits their constituents?
Start small! Pilots & sandbox testing build trust & show impact. Alan Jiménez, Vice Minister of Public Admin, Dominican Republic #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
Identity, payments, and data exchange are the core pillars of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), essential for modern society. These components should be shared and reused to lower the costs of public services. @daeaves, Assoc Prof & Dep Co-Director at
@IIPP_UCL. #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
.@tadej_gabrijel: #Slovenia government was lucky thanks to lots of good quality databases going back in time - sometimes a good thing to have #silos #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
Louise Holden of @VISA traditional government #procurement #eGP results in acquiring obsolete tech & is far away from the possible #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
Ayanda Hlatshwayo: takes a long time to work with data to enable #policymaking #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
Chiara Bronchi of @WorldBank: it’s not public sector for data - it’s data from the public sector; the public sector has always used data but now we have vast amounts of digital data #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
.@vkoulolias describes data-driven decisions for wildlife: #Botswana has the highest world population of #Elephants #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
.@vkoulolias: how do you move #Botswana from mineral-based to knowledge-based economy? First stage: digital infrastructure followed by a national data strategy #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
.@tadej_gabrijel: #financialcrisis & #pandemic motivated the political will for data integration, breaking the #silos in government of #Slovenia #GovTechForum
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28 May 2025
Ayanda Hlatshwayo: need to build #trust among departments in #SouthAfrica government to get access to data for #datascience #GovTechForum
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