There is broad agreement that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can accelerate progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But questions remain on how to scale up both access and content. This was the topic at hand for a plenary session at the Broadband Leadership Summit held in Geneva on 24-25 October 2011.
At the "Megabits and MDGs" session, President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi raised the issue of fostering partnerships to reach the country’s citizens with broadband access. According to President Nkurunziza, this would help accelerate e-government, e-learning, e-health and e-commerce.
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2011/october/20111025mbitsmdg/
