Saleem Zoughbi is a senior advisor for Information and Communication Technology (ICT). He has been providing technical assistance and advisory services to over 50 Developing countries. He focused on development and has been assisting governments on strategic and policy levels on e‐governance, smart cities, and national digital transformation policies, as well as change management. He has been assisting governments on the strategic and policy levels on e‐governance, smart cities, national strategies, and ICT development. He worked for the UN ESCWA. He also was a senior resource person in ESCAP for digital capacity building. Saleem Zoughbi is a Senior Associate Expert at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2020. Currently, he is involved with Digital Government Authority of Saudi Arabia. He is also a cofounder of the West African Digital Governance Forum, as we active in many digital governance international conferences and activities. His latest book is "Planning and Designing Smart Cities in Developing Nations", 2022.