Doreen Bogdan-Martin
22 Jan
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, the East Africa Community and Cognizant are among over 25 organisations from around the globe that will serve as founding contributors to the AI Skills Coalition, an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union
28 Nov
An estimated 5.5 billion people will be online in 2024, an increase of 227 million individuals based on revised estimates for 2023, said the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
20 Nov
Global tech and environment leaders at COP29 have endorsed a declaration on boosting climate action with digital technologies while cutting the environmental impacts of the same technologies.
7 Oct
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) said that the carbon footprint and energy consumption of the digital technology sector are growing with global demand for hardware
23 Sep
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have received a boost with more commitments from nations. Parts of the commitments will see Nigerian Communications Satellite Systems (NIGCOMSAT) connecting the 774 local government areas of the country to Internet.
29 Aug
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released an updated version of the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the global use of radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.
29 May 2024
The UN Agency for digital technologies, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on Monday, announced $4.8 billion in investment commitments toward global connectivity. The announcement brings the total pledges aimed at closing the digital divide
26 Apr 2024
United Nations arm in charge of global communications, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is worried about the rising gender gap globally and has asked for measures to bridge the gap.
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