The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have officially signed a Joint Declaration to advance and expand work of the Giga initiative across the Eastern Caribbean region.
The International Day of Education marks the second anniversary of the three-year partnership between IHS Towers and Giga the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiative to connect every school in the world to the internet and bridge the digital divide in education by 2030.
December 13, 2023 (St. Moritz, Switzerland) — CfC St. Moritz is pleased to announce a two-part charity art auction hosted in partnership with UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and Christie’s to benefit Giga.
Giga, the global initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet by 2030, announced today that it is now operational in 30 countries.
Giga expands its reach to 30 countries, advancing universal school connectivity Read More »
As part of its joint initiatives with ESA Φ-lab, UNICEF is appointing two researchers to work on a project that forms part of the UN Secretary-General’s Digital Cooperation Roadmap. The project maps current access to electricity and the Internet for schools around the world in support of an ambitious UNICEF target to provide connectivity for every child by 2030.
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.
Giga’s 1,000 Patchwork Kingdoms shine a spotlight on digital inequality around the world. They have so far raised over US$700,000 to help get schools online. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer a new way for people from beyond the ‘UN bubble’ to have a long-term, interactive relationship with a global initiative. The project is a test case
How NFTs can give more children the chance to learn online Read More »
The Government of Sierra Leone, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have been collaborating and seeing progress in accelerating school connectivity and innovating to empower entire communities.
Progress toward “Digitization for All” in Sierra Leone Read More »
To accelerate our school mapping efforts, we collaborated with Mapbox to create a crowdsourced application to identify schools using satellite imagery.
Giga and Mapbox come together to map schools across the globe Read More »
In collaboration with the Government of Uzbekistan, Giga has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify the most reliable, sustainable solutions to redistribute connectivity from schools to the community.
Can schools be used as hubs to provide high speed connectivity to communities? Read More »