GovJam Innovation Challenge
The Digital Government Authority's open-innovation challenge, in which startups and individuals design better government digital services with the agencies that run them. The 2025 edition ran remotely from August to November.
[ What you get ]
Co-creation with government entities to turn ideas into deployable digital services; aims to strengthen public–private collaboration and help startups build sustainable services. Prize amounts not published.
[ Who it's for ]
Citizens and residents, youth, people with disabilities and the elderly, and businesses including startups.
- Run by
- Digital Government Authority (DGA), with the National Technology Development Program (NTDP) and CODE
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Remote
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- About 10 weeks (25 Aug–5 Nov 2025)
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- Govtech · Digital services · Accessibility
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