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2019 HIGHLIGHTS

DIGITAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS
ITU innovation challenges winner. Durban based, South African entrepreneurial
technology company recognized for excellence at ITU Telecom World. The company received USD1.5M
to replicate its work in other townships in the Durban area and received commitment of almost USD10M
for “Wholesale Financing” to commercialise its innovations

DIGITAL INCLUSION
Internet for @ll programme in 102 countries celebrated International
web-accessibility. Helped countries to develop Girls in ICT Day. For the first time, we took
digital transformation products and services to our global celebrations on the road to Addis
all its citizens without discrimination. The Ababa, Ethiopia where we inspired girls and
programme was first successfully implemented young women to pursue studies and careers in the
in Guyana growing field of ICTs

The global celebration of Girls in ICT Day 2020 will
532 girls participated in coding be held in Samoa
workshops as part of the African
Girls can Code Initiative Safe Listening standard and toolkit.
The standard offers guidelines to reduce the
risk of hearing loss, particularly in young
people

Accessible Europe and Americas – ICT for ALL. Collaborative
regional ICT accessibility platforms aiming at leveraging regional knowledge to ensure
digital inclusion of all people regardless their gender, age or ability and to contribute in
building more inclusive digital societies in these regions and globally

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Redesigned ITU Over 10,200 61 countries around
Academy portal. A ITU academy users the globe using the ITU
unique platform providing ICT- Academy
related training to a global 2,000
audience regardless of distance additional users in
and time 2019

DIGITAL SERVICES
& APPLICATIONS Harnessed the power of mobile
technology and applications
Smart Villages initiative in Niger. to strengthen e-health, e-education,
Strives to digitally empower remote e-agriculture and smart living through
communities through technologies and a partnership with UN agencies and key
“whole-of-government” approach stakeholders

CYBERSECURITY
National Computer 37 countries in 4 regions assisted to improve
incident response capabilities
Incident Response
Teams (CIRTs). Serve as a national 18 countries assisted in developing, implementing
focus point for coordinating and enhancing national cybersecurity strategies,
cybersecurity incident response to through workshops and direct assistance on the
cyber attacks in the country ground

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