Ericsson and UNICEF have announced a global partnership to help map school connectivity in 35 countries by the end of 2023 as part of the Giga initiative. In East Africa, Giga is working with the governments of Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda in mapping school connectivity real-time, and developing business models to make connectivity affordable and sustainable. Our partnership with Ericsson will bring us closer to giving every child and young person access to digital learning opportunities,” Petri added. In addition to funding, Ericsson will commit resources for data engineering and data science capacity to accelerate school connectivity mapping. Specifically, Ericsson will assist with the collection, validation, analysis, monitoring and visual representation of real-time school connectivity data.

Source: The Star August 29, 2020 06:00 UTC