Digital transformation is an important driver of sustainable development and offers great potential to amplify social and economic benefits across a large number of sectors. However, current rates of digitalisation are very unequal: more than 3 billion people are not digitally connected, including many women. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, digitalisation can foster better education, reduce inequalities, boost economic growth, research and innovation and support better governance.
A more digitalised society requires the promotion of sustainability and the building of a global, open, stable and secure cyberspace, grounded in the rule of law, human rights and democratic values that leaves no-one behind. Today, the digital transformation is driven largely by data and is a key factor for global competitiveness, with great potential for generating economic growth and development and innovative solutions.
Digital transformation is bringing fast change that affects our labour markets. With the Communications on Shaping Europe’s digital future and the 2030 Digital Compass Decade, the EU has put forward a human-centric approach to digital transformation.
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The initiative supports partner countries to strengthen their digital and innovation ecosystems and promote intercontinental cooperation between stakeholders in Africa and Europe. The ultimate vision is to establish a single market for digital innovation between both continents.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
Implementing Africa's Digital Transformation Strategy 2020-2030, focusing on creating regulations for affordable, secure, high-speed connectivity and services at a continental level, along with harmonising broadband mapping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
Enhancing Regional and National Research and Education Networks (RRENs-NRENs) with high-speed digital connectivity, e-services, and data infrastructure, benefiting research and education communities and promoting women's and girls' empowerment through focused gender lens investing.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
The BELLA Programme provides support for the long-term interconnectivity of European and Latin American research and education communities through ‘EllaLink’, a new 6,000 km submarine cable.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
Support to improving power transmission by building two submarine electricity cables of 1,195 km with a total capacity of 1,000 MW.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
Construction and deployment of a submarine digital cable interconnecting Georgia and Armenia with the EU, to boost data traffic and the uptake of innovative digital services.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
The initiative will enhance businesses and citizens' access to a secure internet through trusted satellite connectivity. Earth stations and other digital infrastructure will be positioned across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, linking to existing broadband infrastructure.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
Bangladesh's government aims to connect the unconnected, focusing on ICT infrastructure to improve livelihoods and protect the environment.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
The EU-AU Data Flagship will support the development of Green Data Centres, with the aim to support Africa in building a data economy and foresting its data sovereignty through secure data storage and processing capacities.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
Construction of a 10,000 km regional fiber-optic backbone across 6 countries with an impact on around 90 million Africans, directly connecting up to 3,000 schools, 1,500 hospitals, and 1,200 government institutions.
- Global Gateway - Areas of partnership
- Digital
