This document proposes connecting all of Kuwait's government ministries and services through a single smart app. Kuwait plans to invest over $150 billion in infrastructure over the next 5 years, including a new airport and subway/railway system. With high smartphone penetration and ambitions for development, the author believes now is the time to pursue this idea. Partnering with Golden Gekko could provide financial opportunities while establishing Kuwait as a tech hub. The next steps suggested are a Skype meeting followed by an in-person presentation of the vision to government officials. The author profiles himself as a Kuwaiti entrepreneur who can contribute to early planning and relationship building.

1. Done by: Abdullah Alshalabi
Date: 10/12/2011
Let’s build a SMART country called
Kuwait

2. Mission- Connecting all government ministries in one
SMART App
SMART
App
Ministry
of Health
Ministry of
Education
Ministry of
Defense
Police
Ministry
of utilitiesMinistry
of Justice
Subway
and Train
AirportSmart Chick-in

3. Why now?
Huge budget to invest in infrastructure
Kuwait has a plan to invest more than US$150 Billion dollars in infrastructure and
other development projects during the next 5 years
New airport
Kuwait are building a new airport that is expected to be done in 2016
New subway and railway
Kuwait building a new subway and railway system that is expected to connect all GCC
countries in 2020
High penetration of smart phones
Kuwait is considered a rich country, and the adaption of technology and smart phones
is really high. A study shows that 60% of Kuwaitis own a smart phone
A new government with high ambitions
A new government just have been assigned (last week). The government want to
show high improvements and to deliver beyond people expectations

4. It’s a win-win situation
Benefits to Golden Gekko
1. Huge financial opportunity
2. Sustainable income from long-
term contracts
3. Big learning experience:
a) New type of projects
b) Dealing with governments
4. Good learning environment:
a) Easier to manage (Small
country, small population)
b) Low-profile (away from
media eye-balls)
5. Entering a new market (MENA
region)
6. This will open new
opportunities with other countries
that want to become SMART
Benefits to Kuwait Gov.
1. After failing in many aspects, the
government want to do something
beyond people expectations
2. Kuwait is behind all GCC countries
in terms of development, and it’s
thrived to out beat them in any
aspect
3. Establish a new ecosystem to
employ Kuwaitis
4. Converting the country to a new
Hi-Tech hub in the region
5. The government failed to use
technology in the Education and
Health systems, and this is a way
to turn things around
6. A step aligned with it’s five years
development plan

5. Next step
If you think the idea is worth further exploration, then I see the steps going
the following flow:
The idea looks
interesting
Do a short
meeting on
Skype
We prepare a short
document and a ppt of
our vision to show it to
the right Gov. Official
 
Do the first
official meeting
in Kuwait

My personal contribution
• Think of me as one of your sales people that is willing
to work for free
• I’m willing to spend two weeks in your HQ preparing
for this, while covering all of personal expenses

6. My Personal Profile
• Nationality: Kuwaiti
• Age: 27
• Undergraduate degree: Mechanical Engineer – Kuwait University (Kuwait)
• Graduate degree: MBA - HKUST (Hong Kong)
• Current position: MBA exchange student at ESADE (Barcelona, Spain)
• Work experience:
• Current: Co-Founder of ElBangBang.com – A new start-up that will
disrupt the media advertisement industry (Granada, Spain)
• Summer 2011: Internship with Endeavor at TodoMedia
(Montevideo, Uruguay)
• 2007-2010: Financial Analyst - Private Equity & RE (Kuwait)
• Passion: Entrepreneurship and Hi-Tech (Everyday I read Tech Blogs such as
TechCrunch, GigaOm and Steve Blank. Moreover, I’m one big believer in Eric
Ries’s Lean Start-up approach)
• Personal motives:
• I love building new products
• I enjoy changing the current status quo to make human lives easier and
better