Saleem Zoughbi is a Senior Researcher Advisor for information and communication technology (ICT). He has provided technical assistance and advisory services to over 50 developing countries, assisting governments on strategic and policy levels on e‐governance, smart cities, national strategies and ICT development, and national digital transformation policies.

Saleem spent over 18 years in his academic career before he moved to international development, and research and development on science and technology policies.

In the last several years he has been focusing on community engagement and citizen participation and inclusion, reconciling the digital divide within nations; digital economy and innovation development, enhancing opportunities for attaining economic benefits and opportunities; and benchmarking, measurements and assessment of digital achievements, using international methodologies as well as exploring trends of change.

Currently, Saleem is involved with the Digital Government Authority of Saudi Arabia. He is also a cofounder of the West African Digital Governance Forum.

Saleem holds a Post-Doc Certificate in science public policy from University of Washington, a Ph.D. in digital engineering from California Coast University, and an M. Eng from Concordia University.