If you don’t know where you are, how can you know where you want to go, or how to get there? Without good data, we cannot establish roadmaps to support countries’ #DigitalTransformation. Now World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Int’l Telecommunication Union measuring progress towards #SDGs bit.ly/2KgtEBo

Vaccines help shield your child 👸🤴 from danger 🐉. For every like or RT, the Gates Foundation will give $1 to UNICEF, up to $1 MILLION! Help spread the word! #VaccinesWork

What is the status of your country’s ICT sector? To find out more download the Int’l Telecommunication Union MIS Report 2018 Volume 2 to see the profiles of ICT markets in 192 countries. We have data on infrastructure development, government policy + level of investment bit.ly/2WoIk6y #ITUdata

Launching today Int’l Telecommunication Union Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2019. Through this global snapshot of ICT data we can see where gaps in access exist & facilitate evidence based policy-making so that we #LeaveNoOneBehind #ITUdata #SDGs itu.foleon.com/itu/measuring-…

Just launched Int’l Telecommunication Union #ITUdata Measuring #digital development series. Online access, where do we stand? #Connectivity4All #Agenda2030 #digitalcooperation

Women continue to lag behind men in access to digital technologies. This should be a cause of concern to all of us. We must all work harder to close the gender digital divide and ensure equality in Internet use for women & girls. bit.ly/2CbJwhX

In ITU News today: Mapping schools worldwide to bring Internet connectivity: the ‘GIGA’ initiative gets going news.itu.int/dzfht

Where Are All the Women in Science and Research? sdg.uis.unesco.org/2020/02/11/whe… via UNESCO Institute for Statistics

🚀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

“By combining forces and working with other players, we have an incredibly powerful effort which is... not just a dream; it’s real and that’s what makes it so exciting.” ITU_BDTDirector @hichrisfabian chat #connectivity w/ BBC World Service: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Why we’re joining forces with ITU for affordable broadband news.itu.int/?p=19327

Informed with reliable, up-to-date data, policy makers can better target ICT investments that create impact. The newly updated Handbook and Manual are key reference documents for anyone using statistics to measure digital development. itu.int/en/myitu/News/…

Covid exposed damaging inequalities in internet access. But while we've now realised it's a necessity “like electricity or clean water”, says The Fletcher School’s Bhaskar Chakravorti, it will take time to close the digital divide, says Int’l Telecommunication Union’s Martin Schaaper. techmonitor.ai/boardroom/work…

The global south lags when it comes to internet access, but the developed world is still far from providing universal access because of poor infrastructure, cost barriers and a lack of digital skills, says Int’l Telecommunication Union's Martin Schaaper buff.ly/3cnEcen

Addressing the global digital skills gap will reap benefits for the economy, says the Int’l Telecommunication Union’s Martin Schaaper: “Bringing people online will be good for the companies themselves and for the economy in general." buff.ly/3rmdZ47

NEW data on R&D just published including 2 global indicators to monitor #SDG9 ow.ly/clOr30cVRwo UNESCO For Women in Science Science News

UNESCO Institute for Statistics in Montreal,Canada hiring Head of Section P-4, Science, Culture & Comm Statistics. Pls apply/retweet en.unesco.org/careers/projec…

Opening ceremony of WTIS-17 #ITUWTIS

Opening of the digital forum Kazakhstan with lots of prime ministers of the region. Here Medvedev of the Russian Federation.

Happy to be in Benin to conduct a national workshop on ICT indicators! x.com/AurelieASZ/sta…