Connectivity impacting rural lives in Pakistan
Ali Asghar, Senior Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) in Pakistan, outlines the successful implementation of the Smart Villages initiative in Gokina, Pakistan, and explains the country’s plans to expand the initiative across the nation.
The ITU Smart Villages initiative in Pakistan is supported by Huawei, MoITT, the Universal Service Fund (USF), social enterprise TeleTaleem, and one-stop telemedicine provider Sahat Kehani.
Read the ITU News blog, Gokina Smart Village in Pakistan: Digital transformation at the community level, to learn more.
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About the project
Project number: 2PAK22002
Project title: Smart Village Pakistan
Description: Promoting the development of Smart Villages is of critical importance in accelerating the achievements of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Pakistan. Pakistan aims to bring the benefits of digital transformation to its citizens, adopting a whole of government and smart village approach in accordance with the vision of Digital Pakistan. This project will support the Smart Village project in Pakistan in cooperation with Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication and Universal Service Fund (USF) (Pakistan), and Huawei.
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