Musk Foundation Supports UNICEF to Connect Every School to High-Speed Internet

9 in 10 Children Are Not Connected in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

Elon Musk, the South African entrepreneur who has launched and runs a number of successful technology companies in the United States, including Tesla, Starlink, and SpaceX, has donated a substantial amount to the UNICEF Giga Connect initiative.

On the works, besides the financial contribution, is the possibility of collaboration with his companies in the areas of cryptocurrency, healthcare, and telecommunication.

Giga aims to connect every school in low-income countries to high-speed Internet.

It might seem like an herculean task, and indeed its ambitions require at least $400 billion, to have every single school in low-to-middle income countries connected and also to deliver programs to increase media literacy and ensure that primary and secondary schools can be fully part of the global digital transformation in education.

But UNICEF is already rolling-out its Giga Connect programs and has a track record of funding and coordinating initiatives of this magnitude in developing countries.