In collaboration with the Government of Kazakhstan, Giga has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the telecommunications industry to implement innovative technologies and business models to connect some of the 105 schools that remain unconnected or underconnected in the country.
Highlighting the progress of Giga activities in countries across Africa and discussing challenges and solutions toward advancing connectivity.
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.
Here we present Giga’s work in 2020 and strategic plans for 2021 and beyond for 17 countries.
Solution providers are encouraged to apply to provide broadband internet to schools in the Eastern province.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Across recent virtual events, digital connectivity has been high on the agenda. Here are some ways we can work together.