About Us
Who Are We?
Digital Brunei aims to build Brunei as a country fully embracing innovation and digital technology in today’s age. From awareness of digitalisation efforts to improving access for all, from informing the latest news to providing hands-on resources, and from creating dialogue about digital transformation to carrying out action for it.
Transformation through Digitalisation and Technology
The digital era is constantly and rapidly evolving, and it is time we not only follow its lead, but be in the forefront of the technologies and trends that will better our lives.
Digital Brunei is our step forward into actualising the reality of a Smart Nation — from the way we live, work and play.
To do this, we have identified the need to employ the full scope of the Digital Economy, put forward by the Digital Economy Masterplan 2035.
Digital Economy
A Digital Economy uses technology to ensure initiatives and activities in both of the digital and non-digital sectors can drive growth and achieve impactful outcomes, such as:
• Increased productivity and production
• Enhanced efficiency
• Increased cost effectiveness
• Improved transparency and governance
• Encourages participation
• Facilitates official, business and personal transactions.
Key industry players, academia and end-users all play a significant role to accomplish the above desired results, through the Whole of Nation approach.
With that, the vision of a strong Digital Economy that contributes to economic progress and social well-being can only be realised through the digital transformation of Brunei Darussalam.
Titah
Seiring itu, peluang-peluang perekonomian juga terus direbut, antaranya menjana potensi yang terdapat pada industri kreatif. Industri ini akan dikembangluaskan untuk meraih manfaat berganda, bukan setakat memperkukuh warisan seni budaya, bahkan juga mampu untuk mempelbagaikan bidang ekonomi. Potensi ekonomi digital juga perlu diteroka. Lalu ke arah ini, Beta telahpun memperkenankan penubuhan Majlis Ekonomi Digital. Beta difahamkan, satu Plan Induk Ekonomi Digital sedang diungkayahkan, bagi tujuan, untuk menjadikan negara ini sebagai sebuah negara Smart Nation.
Petikan Titah Sempena Hari Ulang Tahun Keputeraan Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam yang ke-73 Tahun Hari Isnin, 12 Zulkaedah 1440 / 15 Julai 2019
Selaras dengan perkembangan dan kemajuan zaman, penggunaan online platform, termasuk penggunaan Artificial Intelligence dan aplikasi Big Data Analytic telah banyak membantu meningkatkan inovasi dan produktiviti seperti aplikasi BruHealth. Maka Beta berpendapat, teknologi digital memang berpotensi tinggi untuk mendorong kemajuan ekonomi negara. Oleh itu pada hemat Beta, adalah tepat pada masanya untuk Negara Brunei Darussalam mempunyai Pelan Induk Ekonomi Digitalnya sendiri. Apatah lagi sejak akhir-akhir ini kita memang memerlukan perkhidmatan digital, yang merangkumi pembelajaran, perniagaan dan urustadbir yang mampu menjadikan Bandar Seri Begawan sebagai Smart City, dimana untuk itu, Beta telah memperkenankan Pelan Induk Digital Ekonomi 2025 di bawah Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Info-Komunikasi.
Petikan Titah Sempena Hari Ulang Tahun Keputeraan Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam yang ke-74 Tahun Hari Rabu, 24 Zulkaedah 1441 / 15 Julai 2020
Digital Brunei Council
The Digital Economy Council (DEC) was established in 2019 and is jointly chaired by the Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II, together with the Minister of Transport and Infocommunications.
On 27 August 2024, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam approved the renaming of the Digital Economy Council (DEC) to the Digital Brunei Council , to better reflect the Government’s strategic focus on driving digital initiatives across Government, Industry, and Society
in support of the Smart Nation vision.
Subsequently, on 9 April 2025, His Majesty approved updates to the membership of the Digital Brunei Council.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Establishment of
the Digital Economy
Council (DEC)
...
...
Renaming to the
Digital Brunei
Council (DBC)
Re-election of
the Digital Brunei
Council membership
Launch of the
Digital Brunei
Transformation
Plan 2030
2019
Establishment of
the Digital Economy
Council (DEC)
2020
Launch of the
Digital Economy
Masterplan 2025
2021
...
2022
2023
...
2024
Renaming to the
Digital Brunei
Council (DBC)
2025
Re-election of
the Digital Brunei
Council membership
2026
Launch of the
Digital Brunei
Transformation
Plan 2030
Memberships & Terms of Reference of Digital Brunei Council
Digital Brunei Council
Minister at the Prime MInister’s Office & Minister of Finance & Economy II
Co-Chairs
Minister of Transport & Infocommunications
Minister of Primary Resources & Tourism
Minister of Education
Minister of Development
Members
Deputy Minister of Finance & Economy (Economy)
Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office (Security & Law)
Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office (Civil Service Governance)
Legislative Council
(Yang Berhormat
Pengiran Haji Isa bin
Pengiran Haji Aliuddin)
Legislative Council Representatives
Legislative Council
(Yang Berhormat Dayang
Hajah Safiah binti Sheikh
Haji Abd. Salam)
Terms of Reference for the
Digital Brunei Council
Provide the highest level of digital leadership in
the country towards realising a Smart Nation/City;
this includes areas related to Government, Industry
and Society
Set and oversee the implementation of national
strategies and policies to drive digitalisation across
all sectors
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Forum