KACST Awarded First Place in the Global Project Excellence Award 2025 for Its 5G Network Project

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has achieved a new milestone by winning first place in the Global Project Excellence Award 2025 in the Global Project Management Forum for the best Technology Project category. This award recognizes its pioneering efforts to develop a 5G network based on Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technology and secured with post-quantum encryption.

On this occasion, Senior Vice President of KACST for Research and Development Dr. Talal bin Ahmed Al-Sedairy expressed his pride in this achievement. He emphasized that the award reflects KACST’s ongoing efforts to develop innovative solutions in the fields of communications and digital transformation. He emphasized that these efforts contribute to achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 and the national aspirations to build a knowledge-based economy driven by innovation.

According to the KACST press release, this honor reflects the role of the Enterprise Project Management Office at KACST, which has implemented the highest standards of governance and organizational excellence in managing technological projects and standardizing planning, execution, and monitoring methodologies in line with global best practices. These efforts have enabled research and technology teams to integrate scientific, administrative, and organizational aspects while ensuring high-quality execution that meets global performance and innovation standards.

This win reflects KACST’s commitment, as the national laboratory and an innovation oasis, to enriching the research and development ecosystem, accelerating technological advancement, and localizing deep technologies to serve sustainable development in the Kingdom. It also underscores KACST’s ongoing journey to earn awards locally and internationally, as well as its role in developing innovative solutions and carrying out technological projects with national and global impact.