Abstract:

Many aspects of contemporary governmental activities, as well as the way national economies and societies function, are being transformed by digitalization. As a result of these changes, the nature of public policy governance has evolved. A new range of tools are emerging and thus required to be deployed to support the development and implementation of public policies. (Adewoye and Olaoye, 2014). As a result of the ubiquity of digital devices, and smart technology, public policies and people’s lives are being impacted by digital revolution globally. Initially, the digital revolution impacted only the industrialized countries, but there has been an accelerated expansion of digitalization globally in the last ten years. Globally, 50% of the population uses the internet, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ITU estimates that at the end of 2019, a bit more that 51 per cent of the global population, or 4 billion people, will be using the Internet (International Telecommunication Union, 2019).