With some three million schools in the world still unconnected to the internet, roughly half of the estimated total, the huge task of bringing online learning into classrooms requires another kind of connectivity: the linkup of multistakeholder and multifaceted approaches on a global scale to close the digital divide.
Giga Galvanizes Global Efforts to Accelerate School Connectivity Read More »
It’s official: Giga has launched a potent new tool in its quest to connect every school in the world to the internet by 2030 — Giga Maps. A new iteration of the former Project Connect, this live open-source map allows governments to geolocate schools and measure their real-time connectivity status. A partnership between the United
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.
Giga Day: A Spotlight on Giga and the Local Tech Ecosystem Read More »
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.
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.
Sierra Leone sends technologists to Giga’s Technology Center Read More »
This session of the Road to Addis Series explored innovative financing models and applications toward connectivity for sustainable development.
Finance2Connect: Innovative Ways to Finance Connectivity Read More »
This session of the Road to Addis will explore some innovative financing models and their application as well as some good practices and lessons learned in financing connectivity for sustainable development.
Co-led by UNICEF and ITU, Giga has made progress through 2020 and now forms an Interim Advisory Group (IAG) to steer the initiative toward the next level of governance.
Giga Interim Advisory Group Read More »
Highlighting the progress of Giga activities in countries across Africa and discussing challenges and solutions toward advancing connectivity.
1st Giga Ministerial Roundtable in Africa Read More »
Giga conducted a webinar on Socio-Economic Pricing regulation to share lessons from the Costa Rican experience with the “Connected Homes” program and to explore implementation considerations for the OECS region.
Giga OECS Webinar: Sharing knowledge on socioeconomic pricing and regulation Read More »