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In the farming community of Villanueva, Honduras, famous for its sugarcane, businesses are planting the seeds of a digital future by paying for the internet connection in a local school. Thanks to their support, students like Samantha, 10, are experiencing online learning for the first time.

“Using a tablet in class, I’m learning to add, multiply and read stories very fast with videos and interactive courses,” she said. “Technology is in our school now.”

Giga created a multilayered infrastructure map that displays school geolocations with infrastructure attributes such as distance to fiber nodes, towers, and mobile coverage.

The Central American country of Honduras couldn’t be missed on Giga’s live map of school connectivity. The entire country looks red, with almost all of its 16,000+ schools remaining unconnected to the internet. Only 979 schools – or less than 6 per cent of the total – have access to the learning opportunities the internet brings.