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Attaa Digital – Saudi Arabia's Volunteer-Powered National Digital Literacy Initiative

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · See the Saudi Arabia profile

Saudi Arabia's MCIT mobilised 28,000+ volunteer specialists to deliver free digital-literacy training and Arabic-language tech content nationwide, reaching over 7 million beneficiaries in its first year and winning the UN's WSIS Prizes 2020.

28000+
Registered ICT volunteers (2018-2022)
7 million+
Beneficiaries reached (first year)
12-18 million
Cumulative beneficiaries (later press estimate)
113000
Students equipped with devices (Kulana Attaa, COVID)
1st place
WSIS Prizes 2020 ranking (2020)
Attaa Digital – Saudi Arabia's Volunteer-Powered National Digital Literacy Initiative

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Promoter
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Saudi Arabia
Period
2018–2022 (documented activity); part of ongoing Vision 2030 digital-inclusion agenda
Keywords
digital literacy, volunteering, Arabic digital content, ICT skills

Context

Attaa Digital ('Digital Giving') is a Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) initiative launched in September 2018 that mobilises volunteer technology specialists to deliver free digital-literacy courses (AI, cybersecurity, programming) and Arabic-language tech content via an e-learning platform and in-person regional workshops, aiming to close both a digital-literacy gap and a shortage of Arabic-language online content.

Results

The ITU's WSIS stocktaking record documents over 28,000 registered volunteers and more than 7 million beneficiaries reached in the initiative's first year; Saudi and regional press later cited cumulative reach of 12-18 million, including a COVID-era 'Kulana Attaa' strand that equipped roughly 113,000 low-income students with devices. The tracked project phase runs 2018-2022; no independently verifiable evidence of continued activity at the same scale afterward was found.

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