Within the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court docket, honoured the winners of the GovTech Prize and the International Greatest M-Gov Award on the World Governments Summit 2025.
The Summit, happening in Dubai from 11 to 13 February, convenes heads of state and authorities, decision-makers, visionaries and business leaders from the world over to form the way forward for governance.
The ceremony was attended by H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence; H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance; H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah; and H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah
H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan emphasised that technological innovation is a key driver for constructing a greater future, empowering societies, and enabling governments to implement transformative options that improve high quality of life.
He acknowledged: “The World Governments Summit serves as a world platform that nurtures and accelerates innovation. Via its specialised awards, it recognises excellent achievements in leveraging know-how to empower societies and improve governments’ readiness for the longer term.”
Sheikh Mansour awarded the Gold Prize to ExoHeal from Constructor College, Germany, for its AI-driven rehabilitation system that assists stroke survivors and people with paralysis. The answer combines a robotic glove and machine studying algorithms to speed up remedy by 50% whereas offering personalised remedy plans and gamified workout routines to have interaction sufferers. The platform additionally permits docs to observe progress remotely and modify remedy in actual time, marking a revolutionary development in neurorehabilitation.
The Silver Prize was awarded to TERA from Ecole Polytechnique de Thies, Senegal, which tackles agricultural losses brought on by inefficient storage and distribution. The platform connects farmers, customers, and warehouse managers, providing solar-powered storage options and a digital market for environment friendly produce distribution.
The Bronze Prize was awarded to AccessWay from Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Know-how, India, which leverages AI-powered navigation, AR-enhanced steerage, and accessibility mapping to help over 1 billion folks with mobility challenges. The app includes a 3D avatar companion for step-by-step help and promotes financial inclusion by encouraging companies to undertake accessibility-friendly infrastructure, doubtlessly contributing $50 billion yearly to native economies.
H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan additionally recognised the winners of the GovTech Prize, which celebrates excellence and innovation in authorities companies worldwide.
Greatest Use of Generative AI in Authorities Providers: VICA 2.0 from GovTech Singapore, an AI-powered digital assistant adopted by over 60 authorities businesses. VICA 2.0 integrates pure language processing (NLP) and generative AI, enabling multilingual, real-time interactions with residents. In 2024 alone, it processed over a million citizen queries, setting a world benchmark for AI-driven public service.
Greatest Human-Centric Authorities Service: Citizen Service Counter Program from Brazil, launched in March 2024 to reinforce digital inclusion. The initiative supplies in-person authorities help, free web entry, and digital expertise coaching to underserved populations, benefiting over 80,000 residents and reaching a 95% drawback decision price.
Greatest Authorities Service within the World: Suomi.fi from Finland, a nationwide digital public companies portal utilized by 95% of Finnish adults. In 2024, it facilitated over 200 million e-identifications and despatched almost 20 million digital messages, demonstrating a transformative method to safe, unified digital governance.
The GovTech Prize is overseen by the Emirates Authorities Service Excellence Program (EGSEP) within the UAE Prime Minister’s Workplace below the UAE’s Ministry of Cupboard Affairs, aiming to speed up innovation in authorities companies by participating college students, researchers, startups, non-public sector leaders, and authorities establishments in growing breakthrough options for societal challenges.
Marking its tenth version, the Prize expanded to acknowledge each government-led initiatives and student-led improvements via the GovTech Prize and the International Greatest M-Gov Award respectively fostering a future-ready GovTech ecosystem.
This 12 months’s GovTech Prize acknowledged authorities service excellence in three key classes, Greatest Use of Generative AI in Authorities Providers, Greatest Human-Centric Authorities Service, and Greatest Authorities Service within the World.
In the meantime, the International Greatest M-Gov Award spotlighted university-led initiatives that leverage know-how to reinforce high quality of life, with scalability for international affect. All nominations underwent rigorous analysis by an impartial judging panel, assessing innovation, scalability, sustainability, affect, and alignment with societal wants. The awards have a good time options that ship tangible advantages, improve public service effectivity, and set new international requirements in digital governance.
As a number one worldwide platform, the World Governments Summit fosters forward-thinking governance, innovation, and public sector excellence via its various array of worldwide awards.
Along with the GovTech Prize, the Summit hosts awards together with Greatest Minister within the World Award, Progressive Authorities Options Award, International Authorities Excellence Award and Greatest Trainer within the World Award.
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