More than two-thirds of the world’s children still don’t have access to the Internet. Without access to the Internet, children’s prospects for a better future are limited.
Giga: Connecting Every Child to Information, Opportunity, and Choice Read More »
UNICEF’s Giga is seeking a company to help us engage with the crowd and local communities in Giga countries by building the Giga NFT2.0 collection.
Request for Proposals: Giga Patchwork Kingdoms 2 Read More »
The purpose of this case study is to illustrate how proceeds from spectrum auctions have the potential to produce meaningful socioeconomic impact.
Case Study: Mobilizing Capital for School Connectivity in Brazil Read More »
UNICEF is requesting information from satellite communication companies to accelerate internet provision for the most challenging remote schools
Request for Information (RFI): Provision of Satellite Based Internet for Schools Read More »
Giga, a joint initiative between UNICEF and ITU to connect all of the world’s schools to the internet by 2030, has partnered with the Ethereum Foundation and the Government of Rwanda to use staking to finance connectivity.
Giga Finances School Connectivity in Rwanda through Ethereum Staking Read More »
The purpose of this case study is to examine the potential for schools to serve as hubs for connectivity. Schools are anchors for community interaction; they serve not only as a place where learners can connect with each other and with teachers, but also as a destination where people meet and engage in social activity.
Case Study: Sustainable School Connectivity in Uzbekistan Read More »
The Village of Zardaly sits high up in the most mountainous region of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. Every winter, the 200 inhabitants of Zardaly are cut off from the rest of the world when heavy snow covers the single trail into the village, leaving them entirely isolated.
Giga connects children in the hardest-to-reach areas Read More »
The Government of Spain, the Catalonia Regional Government, and the City of Barcelona in collaboration with UNICEF and ITU are meeting this week to further develop plans for the establishment a Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona.
Orateng Mothowamadi is a 15-year-old student at Tshwaragano Junior Secondary School in Maun and among 370,000 students who have benefitted from a connect the school initiative driven by the Government of Botswana in collaboration with UNICEF and Giga.
Botswana makes strides in bridging the digital divide Read More »
Giga seeks a robust and flexible tool that produces cost estimates for global school connectivity projects.
Request for Proposals: Giga Connectivity Cost Tool Read More »