The Digital Brunei Council is pleased to announce the release of Digital Brunei 2030: The Digital Brunei Transformation Plan, a five-year national plan setting the country's direction for digital growth through to 2030. Formulated with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the masterplan, under the theme “Together Towards a Digital Brunei," marks the next phase of the nation's digital journey, building upon the foundations established by the Digital Economy Masterplan 2025 in support of the long-term aspirations of Wawasan 2035.
The Digital Brunei 2030 brings together four national strategies under a single coordinated framework: the Digital Government Strategy, Digital Society Strategy, Digital Business Strategy, and the cross-cutting Data and Artificial Intelligence Strategy. Developed through a consultative process, including the Digital Brunei Transformation Workshop held on 25 August 2025, which convened leaders from across ministries, agencies, industry, and civil society, the masterplan reflects Brunei Darussalam's transition from establishing foundational digital capabilities to ensuring these investments deliver tangible and sustainable outcomes for the economy, government, and society. The masterplan emphasises alignment across ministries and agencies, between the public and private sectors, and between policy intent and delivery — reducing fragmentation, improving efficiency, and ensuring digital initiatives reinforce rather than duplicate one another.
The release comes at a time when Brunei Darussalam's digital foundations are in place. Over the past decade, Unified National Networks has laid more than 6,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable, extended mobile coverage from 80% to 96%, and delivered nationwide 5G connectivity. BruneiID has begun enabling secure single-credential access to government services since its launch in January 2026, while the Tarus digital payment hub continues to process transactions since going live in March 2025. Connectivity, is no longer a constraint on the nation's ambitions, but rather a national asset, and Bruneians have demonstrated both the capability and the confidence to embrace what comes next.
Digital Brunei 2030 will be realised through the delivery of national projects through 2030. These include the Gov.BN SuperApp and Citizen Portal, the National Business Services Portal, the continued rollout of BruneiID and Digital Payments, the development of AI-Capable Data Centre, the implementation of a National Sovereign Cloud with AI compute capabilities, and a Brunei-context National Large Language Model.
The Co-Chairs of the Digital Brunei Council, Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Dr. Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II, and Yang Berhormat Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha, Minister of Transport and Infocommunications, underscored that this next phase is about outcomes, not infrastructure alone. Digital transformation under the new masterplan must contribute towards higher productivity, lower transaction costs, improved service quality, and a more conducive environment for enterprise and investment, while supporting fiscal sustainability through interoperability and disciplined investment in shared digital foundations. Meaningful transformation, they have emphasised, requires more than technology. It demands strong governance, capable institutions, and sustained commitment to execution in close partnership with industry and the public.
The Digital Brunei Council, renamed from the Digital Economy Council in August 2024 by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, will oversee implementation of the Digital Brunei 2030 in coordination with government agencies, industry players, and delivery partners beginning with Digital Brunei 2030 dialogue scheduled to be held on 4 June 2026.
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For more information on Digital Brunei 2030 and to access the complete masterplan document, please visit www.digitalbrunei.bn
Prepared by:
Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications, Brunei Darussalam
Email: erc@mtic.gov.bn
Date: 2 June 2026
