Bridging the digital divide

08/10/2021 58 min Temporada 1 Episodio 6
Bridging the digital divide

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Despite the pandemic forcing a rapid digitalization of the economy, 3.7 billion people in the world still do not have internet access. Business and government leaders from around the world meet to discuss how to change this.  Panellists: Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information and communications technology and Innovation of Rwanda Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Application of the United Arab Emirates Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tan Hooi Ling, Co-Founder, GrabRobert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Vista Equity Partners Adrian Lovett, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Wide Web Foundation Chaired by: Børge Brende, President, World Economic ForumModerated by: Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.