A digital silver bullet for the world

A digital silver bullet for the world

We need to overcome today’s crises without slackening off in our effort to meet long-standing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Digitalization represents a silver bullet for the 2030 SDGs and for the advancement of nations and their industries.

The rub: connectivity is a prerequisite for digitalization, but with nearly 3 billion people offline, the world is far from securing its connectivity targets and thus digitalization’s potential.

The ask: governments need to facilitate universal connectivity to accelerate digitalization to bring the SDGs closer in range, and to benefit their societies and industries.



Top attention needs to be given to the here-and-now crises such as Ukraine and COVID-19. At the same time, the world cannot afford to slacken its pace in meeting global, long-standing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Failing to meet these goals sets us up for more crises down the line.



Not only can we not afford to lose a step in the march towards the 2030 SDGS, but we also need to be marching faster, especially as we now face the headwinds of a protectionist discourse that undermines global cooperation when it is most needed.

A digital silver bullet

One of the few silver bullets we have to meet the