The centre, launched in June 2025, serves as Giga’s global HQ and home to the Learning Hub, in collaboration with ITU Academy, the main arm of Giga’s capacity development activities. Through training workshops, the Learning Hub provides the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed for effective school connectivity planning, from data collection to policy and regulatory strategies.  

The Connectivity Centre is the focal point for another key aspect of Giga’s work: The development of innovative procurement and financing approaches, such as the Africa Bulk Purchase Marketplace, which aggregates demand for lower internet costs. 

Giga’s annual flagship event, the Giga Connectivity Forum, is held at its Geneva headquarters, bringing together over 40 country delegations, UN and international finance agencies, academia and connectivity experts to advance universal school connectivity.

With its open and bright setting, the centre is also offered to the Geneva community as the ideal location for learning engagements, partner meetings and showcase demonstrations to strengthen synergies or spark new ones in the field of digital development. 

Innovation and co-creation are the hallmark of Giga’s work, both in the Giga Centre in Geneva and the Giga Tech Centre in Barcelona.

The Giga Connectivity Centre is supported by the Government of Switzerland and other local organizations.

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