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A global information society: are we there yet?

Gender and inclusion must be more integrated into global information and ​communication technology​(ICT) strategies. The concept of a global information society is one of the most discussed and...

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Matching development challenges with tech solutions in the fight against...

The goals of multilateral development agencies, United Nations and World Bank Group are laser-focused on the post-2015 development agenda, calling for transformative change by eradicating extreme...

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Azerbaijan's broadband at a crossroads

View of Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: David Davidson/flickr Geographically and historically, Azerbaijan has often been at the crossroads: of trade routes, cultures, and influences. From a telecom...

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What we'll be doing at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress

For a week every year, Barcelona, Spain becomes the mobile capital of the world as thousands from around the world convene in the city for the Mobile World Congress (MWC). In 2014, 85,000 participants...

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Now that there's a Baltic Data Highway, when will we have one for the Balkans?

Photo credit: Data Logistics Center In January, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania finished the five-year construction of the Baltic Highway– a broadband backbone network that takes advantage of fiber-optic...

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Autostrada Baltike e të dhënave: Kur do e ketë Ballkani një të tillë?

Foto nga: Data Logistics Center Para disa muajve, Estonia, Letonia dhe Lituania kanë përfunduar ndërtimin 5 vjeçar të autostradës së Baltikut - rrjet backbone i broadbandit (brezit të gjerë) i cili...

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Baltički autoput podataka: Kada ćemo mi imati balkanski?

Izvor fotografije: Data Logistics Center Pre par meseci su Estonija, Letonija i Litvanija završile petogodišnju gradnju Baltičkog autoputa– kičme širokopojasne mreže koja koristi prednosti postojećih...

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Towards a free, open and secure Internet

Photo: Free Press/flickr The world is becoming more digitized, interconnected and dependent on the Internet for opportunities and economic growth. Today, there are 7.4 billion cellular phone...

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Flexibility, opportunity, and inclusion through online outsourcing jobs

What is online outsourcing, and how could countries leverage it to create new jobs for youth and women? Those are questions we will help answer as part of an upcoming report and toolkit. The World...

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Supporting the ICT sector in Somalia

  Photo: Cilmi Waare/Radio Mogadishu Somalia’s ICT sector – particularly mobile communications – is already one of the brightest spots in its economy. It could soon reach a tipping point where market...

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Operationalizing the WDR

In the last decade or so, mobile phones have been appearing in the least likely of places: in the hands of a Masai warrior in the middle of the Kenyan bush, on a fishing boat off the coast of Vanuatu’s...

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Unleashing the transformative power of the internet

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the World Bank Group and other development partners actively promoted the mobile revolution, opening up telecommunication sectors that were largely monopolistic and...

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Watching Tanzania leapfrog the digital divide

 Digital opportunities are the fuel of the new economy. They have significant impact on both the economy and society. They contribute to growth, create jobs, are a key enabler of increased...

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Electricity and the internet: two markets, one big opportunity

The markets for rural energy access and internet connectivity are ripe for disruption – and increasingly, we’re seeing benefit from combining the offerings.  Traditionally, power and broadband...

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In Africa, technology and human capital go hand in hand

Photo: eLearning Africa Rwanda’s progress from the devastating civil war two decades ago to one of the most rapidly developing African countries is a remarkable narrative on development. Twenty-four...

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