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Empowering Education through Connectivity: Celebrating the Second Anniversary of IHS Towers and Giga’s Transformative Partnership on the International Day of Education

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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.

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CfC St. Moritz Announces “Creating Connections”, A Two-Part Auction to Support Giga, Presented in Partnership with UNICEF and Christie’s

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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.

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Φ-lab and UNICEF enhance their collaboration with new resources for global child connectivity project

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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.

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Government of Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona and UNICEF and ITU working to establish Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona

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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.

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How NFTs can give more children the chance to learn online

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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

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