New technological applications make it possible to use data to track poverty or to measure and predict pollution in cities with high levels of accuracy. Artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit 79% the goals that make up the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations. This means that AI can contribute...
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Mozambique complies with international recommendation to switch off analog signal for digital
Mozambique has complied with the recommendation of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), to switch off the analog signal for the digital one, a step that should have been taken in 2015, which was not possible for financial and structural reasons. Thus, the digital migration process has just been completed in the country, with the switch-off, on 31...
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December 1, 2021December 1, 2021Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
About 2.9 billion people have never used the Internet due to lack of access
The Facts and Figures report from the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, reveals that 37% of the world's population have never used the internet because they do not have access to the resource. This year, the number of people who used the internet rose to 4.9 billion compared to the amount of 4.1 billion in 2019. ITU secretary-general Houlin Zhao states that...