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.
Giga Galvanizes Global Efforts to Accelerate School Connectivity
Taking place from 8-10 July at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, the Giga Connectivity Forum brings together a majority of Giga’s country partners and stakeholders to advance school connectivity — over 240 registered participants, from governments and financial institutions to international experts and representatives of the Swiss ecosystem.
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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.
Giga Partnerships
