Project Connect

Initiative by UNICEF working to map every school in the world and measure their Internet connectivity.

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

🇸🇱 We've been collaborating with the Government of Sierra Leone and seeing progress in accelerating school connectivity to empower entire communities — from deploying browser extensions to the inauguration of a National Giga Steering Committee: https://t.co/1JQqziIqQU

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

Connect with us 🔗 We are looking for firms to help us conduct feasibility studies (from technical, economic, and financial perspectives) for telecommunication projects in developing countries.

Read more and apply here: https://t.co/4KZq2F2G5m

[World Economic Forum @wef]

How connectivity credit could help bridge the digital divide https://t.co/jhgihaxxVZ @chrisfabian @KiteVC @AyaMiyagotchi @andile_ngcaba

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

🚀JOIN US!

We're looking for a UX/UI Specialist to help develop, prototype, and advise on new products & solutions - and maintain+evolve current products like @ProCoWorld - so we can connect every school+community to the internet.

Read more and apply: https://t.co/FbyZ8N06C0

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

We estimate that $428B is needed to achieve universal connectivity - how will we get there?

Our @ProCoWorld map tells us how many schools there are + if they're connected, and a Giga Connectivity Bond can help fill in a part of the financing gap.

@CharlottePetriG weighs in:

[Arthur van Diesen @arthurvandiesen]

#Connectivity is a prerequisite for education, now more than ever. Pleased to sign a Memorandum of Understanding today between the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of #Kazakhstan, @unicef_kaz and @ITU to take forward our GIGA initiative!

[UNICEF Innovation @UNICEFinnovate]

🚨JOIN US!

We're looking for a Full Stack Software Developer to join @Gigaconnect and help us develop our @ProCoWorld platform to map school connectivity, among other prototypes and tools.

Read more and apply here: https://t.co/BFN2eV594A #DeveloperJobs

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

🆕 Maps
🆕 Insights from Government Leaders
🆕 Advisors and Partners

All this and more as we continue connecting the dots to close the #digitaldivide. Subscribe to our newsletter and join us: https://t.co/20Vq577bA9

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

🚀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!

[Stefano De Cupis💬 @StefanoDeCupis]

👩🏽‍💻🧑🏻‍💻If you are interested in #EdTech/#SDG4, I strongly recommend you to follow & support these 2 promising initiatives @ProCoWorld & @Gigaconnect led by @UNICEF/@ITU

👉🏽Also follow @ITUDevelopment @DoreenBogdan @chrisfabian @UNICEFEducation

#️⃣ #GigaConnect #ICT4SDG #SDGs

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

🇵🇸2,935 school locations in the State of Palestine have been added to the Project Connect platform.

We are working with the Government to map their connectivity status in real-time, all toward closing the #digitaldivide

View the map on the new website: https://t.co/f4YI1DAu9K

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

Schools present an opportunity to target investment, reach unconnected communities, and create economic growth.

View our #connectivity and #coverage maps of 16,590 schools in Honduras 🇭🇳: https://t.co/f4YI1DiTic #digitaldivide

[TheEntreflaneur @theentreflaneur]

Just let this sink in. The @ITU @UNICEF @Gigaconnect "school mapping phase" [Phase 1 of connecting all schools to the internet in a given country] in Colombia put 7,000 schools on the map that weren't part of official datasets i.e. they were excluded from policy considerations.

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

Using #AI techniques to map schools from satellite imagery in Colombia, we helped the Government identify 7,000 schools that weren't in official datasets.

Browse through school locations – showing where necessary resources and services can be provided: https://t.co/eofEqxwKSN

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

@ComuNICbr has been collaborating with @Gigaconnect by sharing their SIMET data on the connectivity of public schools in Brazil.

Now, you can view real-time connectivity data in Brazil: https://t.co/mqt3na2tdd

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

Without knowing where connectivity needs to be extended, governments & investors won’t know how much it will cost, making it more difficult and riskier to finance.

See our new country selection & monitoring tools on the new Project Connect platform: https://t.co/eofEqxwKSN

[Giga @Gigaglobal]

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: https://t.co/KAS02F4bj2 @ProCoWorld

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

Project Connect aims to map real-time connectivity of every school in the world, serving as a foundation to work with governments and service providers to connect every school – and community – to the Internet.

Watch this space to view our new platform. 🌍

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

Through mapping school locations, we can make sure we can reach every child and their entire community with life-saving – and life-changing – resources.

How are we doing it? Watch this space to connect the dots 🗺️

[Project Connect @ProCoWorld]

Schools are at the heart of communities – as emergency response, distribution, health, and learning centers.

But how many schools are there in the world?

We don’t know – yet.

Watch this space to learn more!