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.@SAP adopts latest magic bullet; how can customers & the market keep up with positioning changes? theregister.com/2026/03/24/sap…

.@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/sap…

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/wes…

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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

Governments who want to progressively activate #publicfinances #PFM choose @freebalance across the development spectrum, including advanced economies who recognize need to support future reforms

#GovTechForum reality in #publicsector: risk aversion vs #Innovation

#GovTechForum pitch to join @worldbank #Innovation Global Partnership program worldbank.org/en/programs/go…

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

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

.@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

Louise Holden of @VISA traditional government #procurement #eGP results in acquiring obsolete tech & is far away from the possible #GovTechForum

Ayanda Hlatshwayo: takes a long time to work with data to enable #policymaking #GovTechForum

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

.@vkoulolias describes data-driven decisions for wildlife: #Botswana has the highest world population of #Elephants #GovTechForum

.@vkoulolias: how do you move #Botswana from mineral-based to knowledge-based economy? First stage: digital infrastructure followed by a national data strategy #GovTechForum

.@tadej_gabrijel: #financialcrisis & #pandemic motivated the political will for data integration, breaking the #silos in government of #Slovenia #GovTechForum

Ayanda Hlatshwayo: need to build #trust among departments in #SouthAfrica government to get access to data for #datascience #GovTechForum

Evidence-based decision-making is critical opportunity for governments; data-driven public sector #GovTechForum panel

#innovation challenge panel ⁦@wbg_gov⁩ #GovTechForum : appears to be talking about #agile #procurement to encourage startups to drive digitalization