The next Giga Learning Hub training, delivered through ITU Academy, will run from December 2-5 and focus on “Sustainable public procurement for school connectivity.” The best way to describe the value of these trainings is to hear from participants in past sessions. Last May, in the training on “Applied geospatial tools for school connectivity,” Mbirimuje Ngupandjara, with the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN), said the experience was “very useful in the sense of personal capacity.” The training equipped participants with skills to solve school connectivity problems using geospatial data. Hear how he planned to put those skills to work in this video: https://lnkd.in/g3WtxuQ7 #GigaLearningHub #CapacityDevelopment #Connectivity
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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The role of government policy and regulation in school connectivity is often less recognized than the more visible impact of infrastructure, such as laying fibre or building cell towers. 🛜 But ITU’s Ahmed ElRaghy, Head of Regulatory and Market Enviroment, BDT, says policy and regulation “are arguably the most critical enabler for closing the digital divide.” Find out why in the third edition of The Giga Report, coming next Monday. In an interview, ElRaghy opens the regulator’s toolkit and shows us how it can help connect schools efficiently, sustainably and equitably. You’ll also find articles on the hopeful signs of progress in the digital gender gap; the latest iteration of Giga Meter, the fast-growing app that monitors internet quality, and an insightful video on what meaningful connectivity means in Brazil. ✉️ Please subscribe if you haven’t already: https://lnkd.in/gfAiYt79 #GigaReport #ConnectEverySchool
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Curious about how school connectivity is transforming the lives of children in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Botswana, Mongolia, Honduras, and Sri Lanka? 🌍 Visit Giga’s website to explore powerful stories that inspire us to keep driving this mission forward every day. ✨ Explore: https://lnkd.in/gsXvuJPs #GigaImpact #ConnectEverySchool UNICEF International Telecommunication Union
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Giga hat dies direkt geteilt
Nearly 2.2 billion people still lack meaningful access to the digital world, and millions of young people remain excluded from opportunities that connectivity could unlock. 🌐 The scale of the challenge is immense - but so is the ambition behind Giga, the initiative led by International Telecommunication Union and UNICEF. 📍 From its base at Campus Biotech, the Giga Connectivity Centre serves as a global hub where technology, policy, and international cooperation meet. It supports governments across four core areas: • school mapping, • infrastructure modelling & costs, • financing, • contracting. 👉 Find out more in our new blog article: https://lnkd.in/eBiTR5kQ #campusbiotech #Giga #ITU #UNICEF #connectivity #digitalequality #edutech #innovationecosystem #geneva #impactdriveninnovation
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Giga hat dies direkt geteilt
The power of school connectivity is now live! What an honor it has been to work with Giga in supporting the production of compelling impact stories that show how connectivity is helping close the digital divide for children around the world. It’s been a beautiful challenge to bring these stories together and put some positive energy into something that drives even more meaningful change. Here’s a fact many people still might not know: 2.2 billion people worldwide live without internet access. And nearly half of them are children. This project, which I’ve been riding alongside my great colleagues Sandra Bisin and Nobuntu N. among many other creative minds, highlights inspiring examples of countries that chose to put children at the center of their digital transformation in Education. Thanks a lot to all of you who are part of this, especially during such a challenging period. You know who you are. Connectivity is not a luxury, it is a child’s right. Let’s keep spreading the word. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dKGH_JKC
These students got internet at school… and they have amazing things to share! 💙 Explore real stories from students at connected schools in Giga-engaged countries worldwide. 🌍 🔗 Access: https://lnkd.in/gsXvuJPs UNICEF International Telecommunication Union christopher fabian Alex Wong #GigaImpact #ConnectEverySchool
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Earlier this month, Giga was pleased to join governments, partners, and digital transformation leaders at the Transform Africa Summit 2025 hosted by the Smart Africa Alliance and the Government of the Republic of Guinea. Together with Smart Africa and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Giga is supporting the development of pooled procurement — a model that aggregates connectivity demand across countries to reduce costs, improve service quality, and accelerate deployment. 🛜 🤝 This collaborative approach enables governments to procure connectivity in a fraction of the time, backed by transparent data, standardized processes, and shared market intelligence. Marija Novkovic Gosic, Giga's Strategic Partnerships Lead, attended the Ministerial Breakfast Session on the Bulk Purchase Marketplace and Giga, where she spoke about the power of pooled procurement in bringing down the prices of gigabytes. 📊 Giga also continues to strengthen national planning through AI-supported school mapping, helping countries identify unmapped schools and ensure that every learner is visible in connectivity strategies. We look forward to working with country governments and partners to advance a continental approach to connecting every school. 🌍 #TAS2025 #ConnectEverySchool
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These students got internet at school… and they have amazing things to share! 💙 Explore real stories from students at connected schools in Giga-engaged countries worldwide. 🌍 🔗 Access: https://lnkd.in/gsXvuJPs UNICEF International Telecommunication Union christopher fabian Alex Wong #GigaImpact #ConnectEverySchool
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Giga hat dies direkt geteilt
Dedicated to the international digital community, this event aims to share practical experiences from the ground on leveraging existing infrastructure to connect the unconnected and the hardest-to-reach populations. Join this event organized by the UPU, GIGA and Diplo Foundation: 📅Wednesday, 03 December 2025 ⏰15:30 - 18:00 📍 In-person event (GIGA, Campus Biotech, chemin des Mines 9, Geneva) 🔗https://bit.ly/48f4lYq DiploFoundation Giga
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Introducing new Giga Maps features, designed to make exploring school connectivity data easier and more powerful. 🚀 🔍 Smarter Search: Find schools more accurately across country name, school name, or ID, now with full multilingual support and refined country-level logic. 📂 Better Filtering: Create and share custom filtered views, with grouped data categories and highlighted selections. 📊 Improved Data Access: New API user groups (Public, Government, Giga Apps, Admin) give partners the right level of access and control. 🗺️ Map & Performance Upgrades: Improved visibility for high-density areas (starting with Sri Lanka), faster data syncing, and enhanced system stability. 🌍 Country Disclaimers: Admins can now add local notes to provide country-specific context. A huge thank you to our users who gave us feedback. These updates help all users better explore and act on data, supporting Giga’s mission to connect every school to the internet. 👉 Visit https://lnkd.in/eSipmdEz to see and test out the new features for yourself! Naroa Zurutuza Maria Antonia Bravo Shilpa Arora Akunna Ibe, MSc #Giga #GigaMaps #TechForGood #Connectivity #OpenData
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Botswana is redefining what’s possible for school connectivity in Africa. 🛜 By aggregating demand, opening the market, and working with Giga and UNICEF Supply, the government cut internet costs by over 90%— connecting 700 schools and 400,000 students. Now, it’s scaling the model to health centres and rural communities. 🌍 This is what digital leadership looks like. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSpjA5Rq christopher fabian Jaime Archundia Unicef Botswana #DigitalTransformation #EdTech #ConnectEverySchool