Powering Digital Inclusion with Technology

We believe technology can be an important part of the solution and can help us solve global challenges if used correctly and smartly. ——Zhang Xinsheng, President, IUCN

UNESCO is partnering with Huawei to support the development of Technology-enabled Open Schools Systems in Egypt, Ethiopia and Ghana, building a more crisis-resilient technology, content, and human education infrastructure. —— Stefania Giannini, Education Assistant Director-General, UNESCO

The technology-enabled Open School System will ensure continued access to education programs either from home or a third safe place to ensure the right to education is not disrupted. ——Dr. Fengchun Miao, Chief of the Unit for Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Education, UNESCO

Technology that focuses on inclusive education provides equal opportunity for learning and should be included in strategies for national development. —— Nadia Ahmed Abdalla, Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Kenya

With DigiTruck launched in France, more people will be able to obtain the essential skills in the digital world that they will need to secure work, and play their part in powering France through the next wave of economic growth. —— François Durollet, CEO, Simplon

AI will not replace human teachers, but become a very reliable and helpful assistant for the teachers. ——Chelsea Chen, Co-Founder, Emotech

How can we use technologies to provide solutions for a better planet? There are three principles: appropriate, accessible and accountable. ——James Hardcastle, Director, IUCN Green List Certification

We combine many technologies to monitor environmental indicators such as biodiversity, habitats, and human activity in real time. It's a new method of nature conservation using big data. —— Dr. Feng Limin, Director of National Forestry and Grassland Administration Amur Tiger and Amur Leopard Monitoring and Research Center, China

Together with Huawei , RFCx has installed the real-time “Guardian” solution to protect forests and biodiversity in 14 countries across 5 continents. —— Chrissy Durkin, Director of International Expansion, Rainforest Connection

The Acoustic-based Cetacean Detection project will provide near real-time detection of cetaceans off Ireland’s south coast using AI and machine learning, which has never been done in Ireland before. ——Emer Keaveney, Founder & Executive Director, O.R.C. Ireland

More Africans need digital skills to use AI. To really benefit, Africa cannot only be a user of AI made elsewhere, but a producer of AI made locally. They need the skills and capabilities within Africa to do this themselves. —— Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Director, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, United Nations

The stakeholders of the Fourth Industrial Revolution extend beyond industries. Prosperity will require investment in sustainability education, diversity and gender parity. ——Danil Kerimi, Head of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network, World Economic Forum China

With the help of Huawei's AI, we are protecting forests and creating the world's largest soundscape for ecology. Worldwide partnership, pass it on. ——Topher White, Founder and CEO, Rainforest Connection

As researchers, we need support from technology companies; Huawei is enabling us to globalize the impact of DIVE, and take the technology to every corner of the world. ——Victoria Pueyo，Co-founder, DIVE Medical