Dear friends,

I am pleased to share our 2025 BDT year-in-review.

This was a milestone year for BDT. At our World Telecommunication Development Conference, WTDC-25, in Baku, Azerbaijan, we celebrated four years of achievements under the Kigali Action Plan and embraced our new roadmap, the Baku Action Plan. The Conference reaffirmed our Members’ commitment to bridging the digital divide and set a direction for the period 2026–2029 that includes prioritizing the most vulnerable areas of the world.

Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava
Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau