President Irfaan Ali says the government plans to put all of its services on a single app next year and hopes to complete a national payment platform by the end of this year.
Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative’s “Powering Scientific Breakthroughs” event in New York, Ali said the proposed My Guyana app would allow people to access services without moving between government websites.
“A citizen should not have to travel hundreds of miles or spend an entire day in a government office simply to access a service that technology can put within reach,” he said.
The targets follow earlier promises to digitise government services. In September last year, Ali said most services would be fully digitised by mid-2026. Stabroek News reported in March that local banks were preparing for the national payment platform, which the President had said would launch this year.
Ali placed the plans within a wider appeal for partnerships to help small countries gain access to scientific expertise and financing. Guyana, he said, could not independently fund every laboratory, medical technology or agricultural research programme.
“The power of a country is not measured by size and population,” he said. “Power can also be measured by the partnership the country builds.”
On healthcare, the President pointed to Guyana’s work with Mount Sinai Health System, including electronic health records, telemedicine, diagnostics and training. The partnership has been extended through 2030 as part of a US$125 million healthcare initiative involving Hess, while Stabroek News has reported on plans for health screening and better tracking of chronic diseases.
Ali said the government had established baseline medical information for primary school children and was preparing to do the same for secondary school students. He also said that in less than two years the number of patients requiring medical evacuation from one remote hinterland location had fallen by almost 95% as services improved there. He did not identify the location or provide the figures behind the comparison.
As another example of international cooperation, he cited the robotic cardiac procedure conducted in May, in which a surgeon in Guyana operated on a patient in India.
Ali also pointed to partnerships in energy, food production and forest conservation. He said the Global Biodiversity Alliance now had 140 members, including countries and research and academic institutions. The alliance was launched in Georgetown in July 2025.
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