A Collaborative Push to Connect Every School in Africa
Giga conducted an in-depth market assessment of the school connectivity solutions market in Eastern, Southern and Western African countries, to get a better understanding of the current challenges, barriers, and market shortcomings for expanding the supply of affordable, high-quality, high-speed school connectivity in the continent.
Giga Day: A Spotlight on Giga and the Local Tech Ecosystem
With the goal of connecting every school in the world to the Internet by 2030, Giga’s mission starts with mapping school locations. On March 1, Giga held an event to put itself on the map — Giga Day, a gathering to kick off the Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona, now fully operational after a year of preparation, thanks to the generous support of the Government of Spain, Regional Government of Catalonia and the City of Barcelona.
Empowering Education through Connectivity: Celebrating the Second Anniversary of IHS Towers and Giga’s Transformative Partnership on the International Day of Education
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.
CfC St. Moritz Announces “Creating Connections”, A Two-Part Auction to Support Giga, Presented in Partnership with UNICEF and Christie’s
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 expands its reach to 30 countries, advancing universal school connectivity
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.
By connecting schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Internet, enable education of the 21st century
As part of the Digital Summit of the Western Balkans UNICEF BiH and the Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH organised a joint panel “Enabling education of the 21st century: Connecting BiH schools to the Internet”.
Sierra Leone sends technologists to Giga’s Technology Center
In a significant step towards connecting every school to the Internet, Sierra Leone has announced that it will send its first batch of technologists for training and development at the Giga Technology Center in Barcelona, Spain.
Φ-lab and UNICEF enhance their collaboration with new resources for global child connectivity project
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.
Giga connected more than 500 children in the remote Naryn region in Kyrgyzstan to the Internet
First-grader Nurislam, and fourth-grader Nurzada, walk several kilometers through the scenic mountains of Tian Shan every day on a donkey to attend classes at the Kylych Rysmendiev school, in the village of Lahol, Naryn region.
Request for proposals: market assessment for satellite-based solutions to connect schools in Kazakhstan
UNICEF Kazakhstan is looking for national or international institutions to help with market assessments and feasibility studies for satellite-based connectivity projects in high- and middle-income countries, with a focus on Kazakhstan.
Request for proposals: Connecting 1,000 schools and 300 health centers in Niger
The Government of Niger has launched a landmark Request for Proposals (RFP) to connect 1,000 schools and 300 health centers to high-speed, sustainable, and affordable internet, and is looking for eligible and qualified bidders to join them in this transformative journey.
Request for proposals: New open-source blockchain
Giga is looking for a vendor (company) to develop an open-source prototype for a “Connectivity Credit Marketplace”, employing a tokenization model to incentivize service providers to extend Internet connectivity to underprivileged communities in emerging markets.