Accelerating Digital Inclusion in a Post-COVID World (Option 1)

Speakers: Paula Ingabire, Hans Vestberg, Robert F. Smith, Mauricio Ramos, Andrew Serwer

With societies locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic, total internet usage has surged by as much as 70%. While the crisis has enabled hundreds of millions to participate online, it has exacerbated the digital divide for the remaining 47% of the population who remain offline.

What policies, practices and partnerships are needed to drive digitization and connect the unconnected?

This session is associated with The EDISON Alliance, a World Economic Forum initiative that mobilizes a global movement of industry and government leaders across sectors to tackle digital deserts.

The first part of this session is open to the public online; the second is only accessible via TopLink.

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