E-governance to Smart-Governance in Developing Countries Creating a digital path for realizing SDGs using Cloud computing, Big Data and Data Mining Technologies

Abstract

ABSTRACT The emerging technologies of today are contributing to the exponential amount of data all around us. This data characterized by Velocity, Volume, Value, Variety, and Veracity(5V) in literature. This has led to a phenomenon called the Data Revolution as a result of the value that can be gleaned from the data available. The area of government where ICT capabilities are harnessed to enable governments realize its goal of public service delivery is described as e-governance. The e-governance context cannot be left out in this revolution especially in decision making. However, the vast amount of data produced by government in the public sector has not been fully harnessed decision making and planning efforts as the politician’s knowledge is mostly preferred. This proposed PhD study seeks to investigate the use of emerging technologies like cloud computing, Big Data, Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) process in Data mining to create a digital path for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) especially in developing countries. Automating decision support system in the public services via smart technologies and algorithms is envisaged. Keywords: Cloud Computing, E-governance, Big Data, analytics, SDGs