1st Giga Ministerial Roundtable in Africa
Highlighting the progress of Giga activities in countries across Africa and discussing challenges and solutions toward advancing connectivity.
Announcements
Scaling AI to map every school on the planet
Development Seed and UNICEF use AI to identify unmapped schools across Asia, Africa, and South America, building on our success mapping 23,100 unmapped schools in 8 countries.
Connecting the Dots: Impact Outlook 2021
Here we present Giga’s work in 2020 and strategic plans for 2021 and beyond for 17 countries.
Accelerated steps to connect every school in Rwanda
Solution providers are encouraged to apply to provide broadband internet to schools in the Eastern province.
Sierra Leone joins Giga toward “Digitization for All”
Sierra Leone joins Giga to expand school connectivity efforts and explore where innovations, such as digital assets, can play a role in empowering entire communities.
Rethinking Partnerships: Accelerating Connectivity for Sustainable Development
In this session of the Road to Addis Series, esteemed panelists explored and reshaped some of the principles and foundations of Partnerships, in order to make them more effective for achieving the SDGs.
Remarks by Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU BDT Director, at the International Day of Education – Panel on Promising Innovations to Transform Education
The Third International Day of Education stressed the necessity to protect and mobilize funding for education, give voice to “community heroes” (who acted to leave no learner behind during school closures), and present innovations that pave the way towards more resilient and inclusive education systems.
UNICEF and Dubai Cares announce partnership through Generation Unlimited to scale Digital Connectivity
Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organization, and UNICEF announced today a global partnership, through UNICEF’s flagship global youth initiative Generation Unlimited, to accelerate efforts to provide access to digital connectivity for every young person.
Working with Giga
Across recent virtual events, digital connectivity has been high on the agenda. Here are some ways we can work together.
International agreement between NIC.br and UNICEF contributes to measure the connectivity of schools
SIMET data is shared with Giga, which aims to map and increase the number of connected schools around the world.