The World Telecommunication Development Conference opens in Kigali

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:19 This WTDC is our chance together to achieve consensus

00:25 on key issues we will deliberate so that we can bring

00:29 the 2.9 billion people worldwide into the digital world

00:34 they currently do not know.

00:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:58 Much progress has been made with almost 5 billion people

01:03 being online today.

01:05 We have seen the strongest growth in ICT,

01:10 uptake in the developing world, and that is very encouraging.

01:16 Yet, one third of humanity is still offline.

01:22 That is close to 3 billion people, mostly

01:26 people in developing countries, and in poor areas,

01:31 rural areas, areas where we need to attract investment.

01:38 Something that has been one of my priorities.

01:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:48 If such inequalities are left unchecked,

01:53 development will accelerate more and more

01:57 in some parts of the world, while elsewhere it slows down.

02:06 The numbers speak for themselves.

02:11 One third of the world remains offline,

02:15 and the majority are women in developing countries.

02:21 The responsibility to shape the future of the digital economy

02:27 and ensure no one is left behind lies with us and all of us

02:35 working together.

02:39 No company, country, or institution

02:45 has the resources to do it alone.

02:48 (upbeat music)

02:51 (upbeat music)

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