A practical guide to strategic planning for SMEs in 2026
Juliet Etefe
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A practical guide to strategic planning for SMEs in 2026
Introduction: The Data Paradox For decades, organizations have treated data as an asset, collected, analysed, and leveraged for competitive advantage. Data-driven decision-making promised benefits justifying extensive data collection.
Saudi Arabia’s decision to designate 2026 as the “Year of Artificial Intelligence” is more than a symbolic declaration. It signals a decisive shift in the Kingdom’s economic transformation strategy, placing artificial intelligence at the center of Vision 2030, industrial diversification, public-sector reform, digital infrastructure, Arabic-language innovation and sovereign technology development.
This week, in Geneva, the United Nations is convening the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance, bringing all 193 Member States together for the first time to discuss how artificial intelligence should be governed, for whose benefit, and on what terms.
Across Ghana, every Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly is expected to manage public resources using the Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System, widely known as GIFMIS.
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