Do you have an innovative product that can help in bridging the gap in school connectivity?
Join the Giga Accelerator Programme to access funding, mentorship, and global partnerships that help you scale up your product and position you to contributing to connecting schools to the Internet worldwide.
The Giga Accelerator is a programme under the Giga initiative, anchored at the Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona and delivered primarily in a virtual format. It supports products that advance economically sustainable and inclusive school connectivity, helping innovators refine and scale their solutions while building strategic relationships across the digital connectivity ecosystem.
The Accelerator Program has three main goals:
Support product development and sustainability through financial backing and mentorship.
Enhance the potential for commercial viability and ensure interoperability of solutions.
Foster relationships with high-potential partners in the telecom sector.
Eligibility Criteria
Legal Registration: The applicant must be legal entity, duly registered in one of the ITU Member States.
Compliance: The applicant shall be required to confirm in writing that the entity nor its owners are not subject to any major ongoing litigation related to prohibited practices as defined by ITU.
Financial Stability: Proof of financial solvency is required to demonstrate the entity is a going concern.
Stage of Development: The product that is the subject of the application must be at a minimum Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 4 or higher, meaning it should be at least in the proof of concept or prototype phase.
Open-Source Commitment: The product that is the subject of the application must be an existing open-source project or the applicant must commit to one of the open-source contribution models before the end of their participation in the Accelerator Programme. Please review the Commitment to Open Source form.
