International Day of Girl Child 2025: “Offline by Design, Online by Right”
To mark International Day of the Girl Child 2025 on October 11, Evoca Foundation – together with Giga is shining a light on this urgent issue. A new animated film, “Close the Gap,” brings to life the stories of connection and disconnection: the possibilities that open when girls are online, and the inequities that persist when they are not.
Sri Lankan Girls Inspire on the International Day of the Girl
Meet Shay and Nathalia – two inspiring girls from Sri Lanka who won 2nd and 3rd place at the global Giga Photo Festival (Junior Visual Storyteller category) in Geneva.
Geneva becomes global hub for school connectivity with inauguration of Giga Connectivity Centre
Geneva, 25 June 2025 – Giga, the ITU-UNICEF initiative supporting governments to connect every school to the Internet by 2030, officially inaugurated its Giga Connectivity Centre today in Geneva, Switzerland.
Happy 5th Birthday, Giga!
Five years ago this September, at the Broadband Commission’s Annual Meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, our global movement was launched. Back in 2019, half of humanity was offline, and the world was facing up to the increasingly urgent need to bridge the digital divide.
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Finance
Giga works with governments and advises them on building affordable and sustainable country-specific models for finance and delivery, subsidizing market creation costs and incentivizing private sector investment.
Connect
In partnership with industry, and based on the mapping results, Giga advises on the best possible technical solutions to provide schools with connectivity, and countries with safe, secure, reliable, fit-to-purposes infrastructure to support future digital development needs.
Giga works with a range of initiatives in UNICEF, ITU and beyond to ensure that students and teachers can access the devices, skills and content they need to make full use of connectivity.
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Model
Analyze existing connectivity infrastructure and model the infrastructure and investments needed to deliver school connectivity.
Financing
Mobilize capital for connectivity through innovative instruments and partnerships.
Contracting
Streamline public procurement processes to reduce costs and accelerate implementation.
Capacity Development
Strengthen skills and share best practices across Giga’s four main pillars based on individual country requirements to achieve greater impact.
Giga Partnerships
