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 multistakeholders and multifaceted approaches on a global scale to close the digital divide. This was the mission of the #GigaConnectivityForum, which took place in Geneva, July 8-10. Organized by Giga, this event was the first ever to bring together a majority of Giga’s country partners and stakeholders to advance school connectivity — over 240 registered participants, from governments and financial institutions to international experts and representatives of the Swiss ecosystem. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gi-3s3Gz #Destination2030 #ConnectEverySchool International Telecommunication Union UNICEF Innovation Alex Wong chris fabian
Giga
Zivilgesellschaftliche und soziale Organisationen
A global UNICEF-ITU initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet.
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Giga is a UNICEF-ITU global initiative to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. Only by working together can we make this happen. Giga welcomes engagement from governments, business, civil society, technology providers, donors, and finance experts.
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https://giga.global/
Externer Link zu Giga
- Branche
- Zivilgesellschaftliche und soziale Organisationen
- Größe
- 11–50 Beschäftigte
- Hauptsitz
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Gegründet
- 2019
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Last week, we had the honour of welcoming Her Excellency Diana Morant Ripoll, Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain at the Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona. She was joined by Jaume Collboni Cuadrado, Mayor of Barcelona, and Laia Bonet Rull, Deputy Mayor for Agenda 2030, Digital Transition, Sports, Territorial and Metropolitan Coordination and International Relations of Barcelona City Council. Our team, led by Gregori Mora Cogul and Maria Antonia Bravo, presented Giga’s goals and upcoming activities of the tech centre to the Minister, including a live demo of our global school connectivity map, Giga Maps: https://lnkd.in/eSipmdEz The Minister expressed great interest in our work and reiterated the importance of reaching universal school connectivity for the Spanish Government, one of the main donors of the Giga initiative. #ConnectivitySolutions #OpenSource #ConnectEverySchool
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Giga hat dies direkt geteilt
En marge du forum Giga connectivité qui s’est tenu à Genève en Suisse, Madame Aurelie I. ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU s’est exprimée sur l’importance de la connectivité dans les écoles et la collaboration entre le Bénin et l’initiative Giga portée par l’UNICEF et International Telecommunication Union. Interview à retrouver en intégralité sur https://lnkd.in/eGK-3dV8 #BeninNumerique
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Giga hat dies direkt geteilt
Early this year, the Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI) sent five professionals to work closely with Giga's technology team at the Giga Technology Center. This team, including a data scientist, an education expert, a developer, and a policy analyst, co-developed products in mapping, data science, and blockchain-based accounting. Sierra Leone was one of three countries in the inaugural Giga government technical program at the Barcelona Tech Center. This program united policymakers and experts to develop tools like the Daily Checker app, Giga Connect, Giga Count, Giga School Price Calculator, and Giga Maps, all aimed at connecting schools globally. In partnership with UNICEF, 42 schools have been connected to the internet as part of the pilot phase. Due to this success, the second phase aims to connect 403 schools with funding from the Government of Sierra Leone and a grant from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). The team gained valuable insights from Botswana and Bolivia and explored collaborations with the Catalonia Government. They also engaged with Barcelona's startup scene, focusing on Smart Agriculture, Climate Monitoring, and IoT-based traffic monitoring to address Sierra Leone’s challenges. This collaboration highlights Sierra Leone's commitment to innovation and educational connectivity, exemplifying the power of global tech partnerships.
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H.E. Aurelie I. ADAM SOULE, Benin’s Minister of Digital and Digitalisation shares insights on working with Giga, its on-the-ground impact, and the importance of sustainable school connectivity. Watch the full interview (in French): https://lnkd.in/g_KvUrpm -- S.E. Aurelie I. ADAM SOULE, Ministre du Numérique et de la Digitalisation du Bénin, nous fait part de ses réflexions sur la collaboration avec Giga, son impact sur le terrain et l'importance de la connectivité à long terme dans les écoles. Regardez l'interview complète: https://lnkd.in/g_KvUrpm #GigaConnectivityForum Ministère du Numérique et de la Digitalisation du Bénin International Telecommunication Union Alex Wong chris fabian
Giga Connectivity Forum 2024 | Interview with H.E. Aurelie Adam Soule Zoumarou, Benin
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"A sense of determination, ingenuity, tenacity to deliver school connectivity... once we’ve started we aren’t going to stop!" 🚀 Director of UNICEF Innovation, Thomas Davin on how Giga and partners have tackled the challenge of school connectivity during the #GigaConnectivityForum. International Telecommunication Union chris fabian
“They all find different ways of getting connectivity, 1 school at a time, or 100 schools at a time, or in the case of Brazil 1000 schools at a time. We’re not going to stop until we get this done.” Thomas Davin, on collective action to connect every school in the world to the internet. Giga supported by UNICEF and International Telecommunication Union. 🧒🏽💻🌍 Full interview here 👉 https://uni.cf/3y4af0e #GigaConnectivityForum
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Giga hat dies direkt geteilt
Giga: Connecting every school in the world to the internet. Previously: built unicef’s innovation unit, innovation fund, crypto fund, & a few tech companies
What a great pleasure to hear from 30+ countries today during the Giga Connectivity Forum in Geneva - what’s working. What isn’t. And how much power there is in connecting schools. …. and then to have a wonderful evening hosted by Ambassador Jürg Lauber - with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Cosmas Luckyson ZAVAZAVA, PhD. Thomas Davin Bettina Junker. Great also to share plans with Nathalie Fontanet , Jonas Pasquier Hassan Thuillard and Dominique Perron on how we can bring more blockchain and tech talent to Geneva
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Our #GigaChampion from UNICEF Pacific, together with the Fijian Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts, presented the progress of Giga’s project to the UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell. She expressed that Fiji's experience would set an example for the Pacific region and that other island nations will follow suit. We thank the Fijian Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts and partners for their unwavering support in our mission to connect every school in the world by 2030. Check out our school mapping work in Fiji 🇫🇯: https://lnkd.in/gMxrhy57 #Connectivity #ForEveryChild chris fabian
Today I had the privilege of presenting to the 8th UNICEF Executive Director Mrs. Catherine Russell on the work of the Ministry of Education FIJI in rolling out the Giga Project for our schools in Fiji🇫🇯. Our aim is to support the global initiative and connect every school in Fiji to the internet by 2030 with the support of our partners. Not just connectivity, meaningful connectivity #UNICEFFOREVERYCHILD #UNICEF #ConnectEverySchool ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific International Telecommunication Union UNICEF Pacific
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A throwback from our Giga Government Technology Exchange Programme this May: We sat down with Abdul Rahim Jalloh from the The Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation of Sierra Leone to get his thoughts on the programme and the key actions he planned to implement upon returning to connect every school in Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱 Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/g-Ch64Wv #GigaGovTechExchange #OpenSource #Technology #ConnectEverySchool
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In an interview at the #GigaConnectivityForum, the Secretary-General of International Telecommunication Union, Doreen Bogdan-Martin said the first-ever event allowed participants to not only share best practices but also their challenges to advance the Giga model to connect every school in the world to the internet by 2030. 🌍 👉 Watch the interview: https://lnkd.in/gx6jeHWB #GCF2024 #Destination2030 #ConnectEverySchool Alex Wong chris fabian
Giga Connectivity Forum 2024 | Interview with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU
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