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Giga | A UNICEF-ITU global initiative to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice.

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🌍 How can we unlock market potential for school connectivity solutions in Africa? 🛰️ Giga’s recent study underscores the urgent need for governments and industry suppliers to provide affordable, high-quality internet to schools across the continent. 🌐
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We are about to launch 1,000 #NFTs to celebrate UNICEF's 75th anniversary🚀 #UNICEF75 Each artwork by @NadiehBremer is based on data from our open-source map. Collectors will form a community helping us connect every school to the internet. Learn more:
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🚀 Our Patchwork Kingdom #NFTs have raised over $700,000 and built a community of advocates for school connectivity. Read our blog post about using NFT artworks for philanthropy: @PatchworkGiga @NadiehBremer @SnowcrashNFT
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🚀 @SamuelEtoo explains at the @WebSummit how Giga can transform the lives of young people around the world ⬇️ #WebSummit2021
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It’s a wrap! Thank you for joining our session to learn how to harness #Blockchain to give children access to information & opportunities.    Read more about our staking work in Rwanda Answering the $1 billion question is a mission of a lifetime #DevconVI
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We've just opened the whitelist for our 1,000 UNICEF #NFT artworks by @NadiehBremer 🚀 Proceeds will help Giga get schools and students around the world online. You can join the whitelist here: And find us on Discord here:
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Pres. Werner Hoyer @EIB : "The goal of connectivity worldwide is one we, as the EU Bank, share and are committed to. The most efficient way out of this crisis, made more acute by the pandemic, is a green and digital recovery." #DigitalCooperation
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🚀Just Launched 🛰 @UN SG Roadmap for #DigitalCooperation underlines key recommendations for #DigitalTransformation , incl. @ITU @UNICEF 's @GIGAconnect to bring the power of #MeaningfulConnectivity to fast track young people’s access to opportunities.
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CfC St. Moritz is pleased to announce a two-part charity art auction hosted in partnership with @UNICEFSchweizFL and @ChristiesInc to benefit Giga. Visit: #ArtAuctions #Connectivity #ForEveryChild
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What an incredible scene! Crossing extreme terrain so that children in the most remote parts of the 🌍 are connected to the Internet—this is Giga's mission. Thank you @internetsociety for your hard work & passion that will impact the lives of the children in Zardaly, Kyrgyzstan.
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🚀Our UNICEF #NFTs are now open to the public to buy at Collectors will form a community helping us connect every school to the Internet. Art by @NadiehBremer built by @SnowcrashLabs supported by @ethereum @metagoodnft @CFCstmoritz @UNICEF_france
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Each block in our 1,000 NFT Patchwork Kingdoms represents a real school. 📽 @NadiehBremer explains how the different patterns reflect varying levels of Internet access around the 🌍 👉 Join the whitelist: 👉 Join us on discord:
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Meet Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the new Secretary-General of @ITU , and the first woman to head the organization since it was established in 1865! Talk about smashing that glass ceiling! #IWD2023 (1/8)
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@unicefchief makes a clear call to help @UNICEF raise $3 billion in catalytic funding for #connectivity . This will contribute to unlocking the full promise of safe, secure access to digital tools for the overall development of communities & countries:
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🎉Our Patchwork Kingdoms have sold out! A huge thank you to everyone who bought an NFT, helping us raise 175 ETH (∽US$547,000) to get more learners online. 20% of secondary sales will also go to Giga: Art by @NadiehBremer built by @SnowcrashLabs
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“The digital revolution must be a benefit to all school children. I ask states to ensure that students and teaching establishments be better connected. Our Giga initiative aims at putting all schools online.” UN Secretary-General, @antonioguterres at the 77th #UNGA , 19 Sept 2022
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To connect every young person to the Internet and to a lifetime of opportunity, we need to #MapEverySchool - and we have now mapped 1 million schools 🚀 Explore the map:
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. @Gigaconnect global mapping platform has now mapped over 800,000 schools across 15 countries to identify connectivity gaps & forge paths toward meaningful access. Learn more #DigitalCooperation
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📣 BREAKING Giga's Technology Centre will soon be hosted in #Barcelona 🇪🇸 We're meeting w/ the Spain Govt @SpainMFA , @gencat & @bcn_ajuntament to discuss plans for this exciting journey. Thank you for supporting our ambitious goal to connect all schools in the 🌍 to the Internet
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. @ITU ’s first ever female leader in the institutions' history of over 150 years on stage talking about @Gigaglobal at the Mobile World Congress in #Barcelona . #MWC23 #Connectivity #School #Internet
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"The internet is the most amazing and most accessible library ever conceived. Connecting students and teachers to this wealth of information could be the most powerful engine of transformation the world has ever seen." - @ITU_BDTDirector at @BCIU #UNGA :
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#ITUWTDC unanimously adopted a resolution to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to ICTs, noting @Gigaglobal as a key way to achieve this.
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The new investment of 17.5M€ of the Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona by the Government of Spain, the Regional Government of Catalonia, and the Barcelona City Council, will connect 2.8M schools and 500M children to the Internet by 2030. #UNICEFThanks @UNICEF @SpainMFA @ITU
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🚀 UN Secretary General @antonioguterres highlighted Giga yesterday in a speech on Leaving No One Behind. He described Giga's work as a key step in making access to the Internet a basic human right. Read the full speech:
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A big thanks to all our Spanish 🇪🇸 counterparts who have been supporting us in our global mission to connect all schools in the world. 🙌 Together, let’s build an #inclusive digital future for all #MWC23 #Connectivity
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Breaking the glass ceiling at @ITU , Doreen Bogdan-Martin has made history as its first female Secretary-General in more than 150 years. Celebrate #IWD23 by tuning into an inspiring talk with @ITUSecGen , moderated by @Lady_karimah . 🗓️8 March | 8.30 AM EST
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🚀Giga is now on Twitter. Follow us @gigaconnect to join the conversations and see the latest updates on providing #universal #meaningful connectivity for all. #GIGAConnect
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We've now mapped over 900,000 schools across 35 countries. Take a closer look at location, connectivity, and coverage maps of each country on the new Project Connect website: @ProCoWorld
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🇵🇸 We’ve just reached an agreement to connect 76 schools in Palestine. 🚀 This will benefit nearly 10,000 students and 1,000 teachers. Learn more: @UNICEFPalestine @_GenUnlimited
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The whitelist for our 1,000 NFT Patchwork Kingdoms will close at 09:00 (US Eastern Time) on 4 January. A random draw will be held soon afterwards to determine who can mint a token. 👉 Sign up for the whitelist here:
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Our friends @Mapbox have helped us create a new tool to visualise the link between connectivity and economic advantage. And we've started with Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Explore the interactive map here: @unicefkaz
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"The digital divide reinforces socioeconomic divides... Education and digital technology must be two great enablers and equalizers." @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres on the urgency of our effort to connect every school to the Internet at the @NelsonMandela Annual Lecture.
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We start this new year with a bang! Giga hit the 2M schools mapped milestone in 2022. No one knows the actual number of schools there are in the world, nor where they are located. This is why this is a big deal! You can’t solve what you don’t know. Visit
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What does it take to connect the most remote schools to the #Internet ? Join our journey and together let’s connect the hardest-to-reach schools in #Kyrgyzstan & #Kenya 🚀 @fayaz_king @ITUBDTDirector @unicefkg @UNICEFKenya @internetsociety @LiquidInTech
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Internet access can help girls shape their own futures. Here's how Giga is narrowing the gender digital divide. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2022 @nazaalakija @joanmosesc
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UNICEF ED Russell and Vice Minister of Spain Ángeles Moreno Bau have reached an agreement to host Giga Tech Centre in Barcelona, which will now start operations to scale the Giga Initiative to connect all schools to the Internet at a global level. #UNICEFThanks @UNICEF @SpainMFA
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Did you sign up for the UNICEF #NFT whitelist? 🚀🚀All whitelisted applicants can now mint. Your NFT will help us get every school in the world online. After tomorrow 1200 (US Eastern Time) sales will be open to the public.
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🚀 A big thank you to the 14 partners who helped us reach this milestone. Now for the next million!
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1 million. That's the number of students who are now connected to the Internet thanks to @Gigaconnect - our joint initiative with @ITU . We must urgently bridge the digital divide and help children catch up on the learning they missed before and during COVID-19.
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With the immense support to map school connectivity from @Ericsson , through Giga @UNICEF @ITU can identify gaps and further collaborate across sectors to connect every young person to information, opportunity, and choice.
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@Ericsson joins @UNICEF in a three-year strategic partnership to accelerate our efforts with @ITU to map school connectivity across the world. By doing so, we can work toward connecting every school to the Internet and close the digital divide.
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Giga celebrates #WorldChildrensDay - a day to reimagine a better future #ForEveryChild . It's time for all of us to come together to #reimagine education and ensure all children learn, including by closing the #digitaldivide . @UNICEF @ITU @unicefchief @ITU_BDTDirector
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Great session at #UNGA with distinguished speakers from Giga’s partners across government, private sector, and the UN to accelerate efforts to connect all children to the #Internet . Together we can build a 🌍 where everyone has access to the digital opportunities they deserve.
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Connecting to the #Internet is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity in today’s world. 🌍 It gives children & young people access to learning and knowledge, connects them to the rest of the world, & gives them opportunities to realise a better future. #MeaningfulConnectivity 🚀
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Want to learn more about the #NFT collection we're launching to help get students around the world online? 🎬 Watch this video by @wondros and @SnowcrashLabs , featuring @chrisfabian @NadiehBremer and @AyaMiyagotchi 🚀
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Nothing beats in-person meetings for sparking new ideas and building a strong team! 🌟 Our country engagement team gathered in #Geneva this week to explore ways to expand Giga #impacts in more countries this year. Way to go! 🚀 #Connectivity #ForEveryChild
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From sunny Switzerland🇨🇭☀️... Giga Co-Leads, @UNICEF 's @chrisfabian & @ITU 's Alex Wong, recently pitched Giga at @BBridgesCH as we work toward our ambitious goal of connecting every school in the 🌎 to the #Internet & giving children access to digital opportunities 🚀
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Good day from #Barcelona ! For the 1st time since Giga began in 2019, we are finally meeting all the 40+ nerds that make the magic happen. Watch this space for exciting updates from the team 😊 #GigaRetreat #connectivity #internet
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To date, Sierra Leone has connected 205 schools to the Internet. Through Giga, we are working together to connect the remaining >10,900 schools in the country to ensure quality education for over 2.5 million learners.
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Leveraging @Gigaconnect ’s mapping & analytics platform + integrating #AI algorithms, we were able to identify 6,900 unmapped schools in Colombia. We look forward to support connecting those unmapped in the country @UNICEFColombia @hichrisfabian @ITU_BDTDirector @infopresidencia
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🚀 Giga features in a new report by @OECDdev as a leading idea to achieve a just & equitable #DigitalTransformation The case study describes how connecting schools can empower entire communities and assesses the role of innovative financing. Read more:
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Disconnected. That's the reality for more than 2.7B people who remain cut off from the #Internet , even today. Join us @Devex #TwitterSpace tomorrow with @chrisfabian , @SoniaJorgeICT4D @GDInclusion , @nsengimanajp @AfricaCDC , hosted by @catherinecheney . ➡️
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“Giga is a unique partnership between two UN agencies that aims to connect every school in the 🌎. We have tech solutions and strong partners. Let's strengthen our bonds and ties, and make sure Giga delivers.” @ITUSecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin opens Day 2 of #GigaWeek in Geneva.
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay 2023! 🎉 This year's global theme is "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” and we're celebrating women and girls who drive change and work towards a more equal world 🌍 #IWD2023 #WomenInTech (1/4)
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99% of schools in Kyrgyzstan now have Internet access but connecting the rest is a big challenge, especially in remote, mountainous areas. Our latest blog post about life for people offline and creative ways of overcoming the problem:
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Happy #GirlsinICT Day! Only 2% of ICT patents are generated by women. By connecting schools to the Internet, Giga aims to help more girls pursue careers in science and tech. Read more about how Giga prioritises safe Internet access for girls:
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Through Reimagine Education @UNICEF and partners are committed to ensuring every child has access to quality learning solutions that can be rapidly developed, adapted and deployed at scale to reach the most marginalized learners. #digitaldivide
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Thrilled to announce that @DubaiCares has joined @UNICEF through @_GenUnlimited to scale Giga's efforts toward digital connectivity and to empower local entrepreneurs - all to drive their Global Declaration on Connectivity as a right of every young person!
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A lack of connectivity means limited opportunities for the most vulnerable children and youth to fulfill their potential. A new @TheEIU Report sponsored by our partner @ericsson shows how school+community connectivity can boost learning outcomes and GDP:
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The @Gigaglobal team met the inspirational @ITUSecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin who reminded us of the big hopes & expectations ahead of us. She recalled fond memories from a school visit in Rwanda where she was amazed by the students' and teachers' enthusiasm for using the Internet.
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The Giga Annual Report 2022 is now LIVE! 🚀 Read @ITUSecGen blogpost & download the report: Thank you to our partners & friends for helping us connect 2.12M children to the Internet. @ITU @ITUBDTDirector @UNICEF @unicefchief @UNICEFinnovate @chrisfabian
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Happy Monday! May your week be filled with happy surprises, like when these students saw a volcanic eruption for the first time. Working w our partners in Kenya, we've unlocked a world of discoveries for the 1,300+ students of Gatuanyaga Primary School.
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With @Niger_ONU @guimbasaidou we will discuss the urgency and commit to expanding #connectivity esp to conflict and post-conflict contexts, to give every child access to education, opportunity and choice. Connect with us on Friday 2 Oct, 0830EDT:
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Thanks to the Government of Spain, the Regional Government of Catalonia & the Barcelona City Council for their support to host the Giga Tech Centre in Barcelona & 17.5M€ for the next 3 years. This investment will enable Giga to connect millions of children 🌍 to the Internet.
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As we continue to connect every school, we must all work together to ensure that the online world is safe. @unicefchief calls for investments in safe technologies and content: #SaferInternetDay Connect with us:
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Greetings from sunny Zimbabwe! ☀️ We're gearing up for the Transform Africa Summit this week, and we're excited to network with new friends and share our ambitious plans to connect every school in the world to the Internet. 🚀 #TAS2023 #Connectivity
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The #COVID19 pandemic has disrupted education for nearly 1.6B children worldwide. So that every child has access to quality education, Giga aims to connect every school to the internet. This #WorldChildrensDay join us in calling on governments to reopen schools #ForEveryChild .
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A true trailblazer for #WomenInTech , @ITUSecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin shattered the glass ceiling by becoming the first female head of @ITU , UN Agency for Technology. Listen to her incredible story: #IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay
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Will #connectivity ever be a human right? Giga's @chrisfabian says that connectivity shouldn't be the be-all and end-all. People should also be connected to #information , #opportunity , and #choice - allowing them to live empowered lives in an increasingly digital world. #MWC23
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It’s show time! 🚀 Our team had a chance to present our products with more than 100 partners & collaborators today. Thank you for supporting our ambitious goal to connect all schools in the world to the Internet. #PartnersDay
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When we launched Giga last year, connectivity was a nice-to-have. This year, the pandemic caused mindsets to shift and urgent action to be pursued, with connectivity becoming a must-have.
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Many schools around the 🌎 are still offline. But through @Gigaglobal , students like Mutesi are learning in a more meaningful way. With our partners, we connect schools to the Internet, ensuring students access to information, opportunity, and choice. ➡️
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Thank you to all our friends & collaborators for joining @UNICEF and @ITU 's efforts to connect every school to the Internet. Someday, we'll connect in person — but today, a virtual beach party by @HighFidelityXR to celebrate our progress with beach sounds was truly a pleasure! ☀️
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Watch Minister Ingabire @MusoniPaula describe 4 big things the Government of Rwanda has been doing to narrow the #digitaldivide . @unicefrw @RwandaICT #SDGMoment #UNGA #UNGA76
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Want to close the #digitaldivide ? At #SIF21 we talk about realistic, actionable solutions - identifying unconnected communities, partnerships+financing & regulatory frameworks. 📺our awesome chat with @etaylaw @ericsson @salimzMB @DSTISierraLeone :
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Our team is GROWING fast 🚀 and we're looking for individuals to fill the following positions: 🔵 Operations Specialist 🔵 Human Resources Specialist 🔵 Data Scientists (2 positions) 🔵 Product and Data Analyst 🔵 Principal Data Engineer More info: 🌍
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School connectivity is one of the spotlights in this year’s @UNBBCom meeting. Giga and partners continue efforts to close the digital equity gap by connecting the estimated 2.8 million schools to the Internet by 2030. #BroadbandCommission #UNGA
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For hundreds of millions of children, 'normal' was never good enough to begin with. We have the opportunity to reimagine education by bridging the #digitaldivide so every child can access learning opportunities. 💡 Read @unicefchief 's annual letter:
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Kicking off our 1st day at #UNGA , our very own @ChrisFabian moderates a session highlighting the need to improve #digitalconnectivity and strategic partnerships to promote #digitallearning for all children. Thanks @enkhamgalanmp @MEDSMongolia for hosting this session.
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🚀Thank you @Mapbox for exploring the world with us! Our awesome collaborators at Mapbox have been testing our #satellite imagery+school mapping game. Their efforts will be huge in driving our algorithms to mapping ALL schools in the world🌏 Watch this space to see what's next!
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"Together, we can do more. We cannot do everything by ourselves." @ITUBDTDirector Cosmas Zavazava opens the Giga Team Week in Geneva - highlighting the unique partnership between @UNICEF and @ITU to connect every school in the world to the Internet. (1/2)
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We’re so very excited to formally announce this partnership with @DellTech and to debut (soon) some of the cool tech collaborations we’ve been doing together 👀🚀
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Dell Technologies
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This #DigitalInclusionWeek , we're excited to announce our partnership with @UNICEFUSA supporting @Gigaglobal in the UNICEF-ITU initiative to deliver internet to every school in the world by 2030. 🌍
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Just launched by @ITU & @UNTechEnvoy : new 2030 targets for #MeaningfulConnectivity : These include minimum download speeds for schools to ensure students can make full use of the Internet for learning. #LeaveNoOneBehind
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"At stake is the fate of 2.7 billion people that remain offline today," @ITUSecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin reminds us of the urgent need for digital #inclusion at #MWC23 . As we all build towards a #digital future, let's make sure no one is left behind. #Connectivity
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🎉 Exciting news! Giga is now in 30 countries! 🌍 Since 2019, we've been working closely with governments and partners to bridge the global digital divide by connecting schools to the Internet. #GigaX30 #30CountriesMilestone (1/4)
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@NadiehBremer @wondros @ethereum @AyaMiyagotchi @CFCstmoritz @metagoodnft @KiteVC @OnChainMonkey @SnowcrashLabs @chrisfabian The artworks are called Patchwork Kingdoms. Each one has a world ‘above’ representing connected schools and a world ‘below’ representing unconnected schools. The more schools have good connectivity, the more ornate and vibrant the Patchwork Kingdoms become.
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Giga's work with #NFTs highlighted as one of the best practices to support #educationfinancing at the #TransformingEducation Pre-Summit! Our #patchworkkingdoms launch has raised over $700,000 for school connectivity...and growing! Read ➡️ & have your say:
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Are you curious about what impact @Gigaglobal has created in 2022? 🌎 Tomorrow is the launch of the Giga Annual Report 2022. Get ready to learn about the Giga-ntic strides we have made with our work in the past year 🚀 #Giga2022Report #Connectivity
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🇿🇼 3 out of 4 schools in Zimbabwe have no Internet connection. Here’s how businesses can help us fix this and give more students access to the opportunities online. @UNICEFZimbabwe @ITUAfrica
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On #EducationDay , @ITUSecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin reaffirms our commitment to achieve global #SchoolConnectivity , ensuring that every child has access to information, opportunity, and choice. #Connectivity #ForEveryChild
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Giga
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✨ Wrapping up a stellar #GigaWeek in Geneva!🇨🇭 🌐 Our growing team gathered to share ideas, solidify goals, and showcase our latest projects. We're back at our desks with renewed energy, thanks to the support of our amazing partners and supporters. #Connectivity #ForEveryChild
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📢 #JOBALERT : @Gigaglobal is looking for talented and passionate individuals to support us in communications, community management, finance, and country engagement. Join our ambitious mission to connect every school in the world to the Internet! 🚀 VISIT:
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On today’s #WorldChildrensDay , @ITU Giga Co-Lead Alex Wong reaffirms Giga’s commitment to create opportunities for a dignified future for children through providing access to the Internet. #Connectivity #ForEveryChild
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Giga
2 years
Spain and Switzerland, in partnership with Giga, will host a session at #UNGA on “Transforming Education Through Digital Connectivity”. Over 2 million students have been connected online as part of our mission to connect every school in the 🌍 to the Internet.
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. @Gigaglobal Co-Lead, @ChrisFabian demonstrates the #GigaMap in front of journalists showing the locations of connected and unconnected schools across the 🌍. “We aim to turn the red dots into green, bringing #connectivity to every school.” #MWC23
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Giga
4 years
The Brazilian Network Information Center @ComuNICbr has joined @UNICEF @ITU to help map school connectivity globally. They will share real time data and their expertise through tools and AI models to accelerate transforming education for every child. 🌎
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4 years
Universal connectivity is not only the goal; it enables us to reach the #SDGs . @UNICEF Innovation Fund & the Government of #Kazakhstan work with startups to scale solutions toward greater impact - which we can boost with connectivity. Meet them here:
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"We’ve got lots of ways now to actually connect every school in the world, every learner in the world to the internet and wouldn’t that be a brilliant legacy for our world to give this generation!" - Henrietta Fore @unicefchief @ the @WhiteHouse @UNDP Generation 2030 event 🚀
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🚀 @unicefchief at @WebSummit : " @UNICEF is aiming to address the learning crisis and transform education... with equal access to quality digital learning; and key to this is universal internet connectivity." Here's how we're connecting every school:
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UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore ( @unicefchief )  at #WebSummit , in conversation with Muzoon Almellehan, discussing the ways equal access to quality education can be achieved, and the key role played by universal internet connectivity 🌐
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