EDISON Alliance More than 2.6 billion people around the world remain without internet access, a gap the EDISON Alliance set out to close. Since its launch in 2021, the initiative has connected over one billion people in more than 100 countries to essential digital services such as healthcare, education and financial platforms. Recognizing that the rapid evolution of technologies like AI offers both opportunities and risks, the EDISON Alliance is committed to ensuring marginalized communities are not shut out of this next wave of innovation, but instead can harness it to improve lives and livelihoods. To support governments to deliver on their digital inclusion ambitions, the alliance established the Lighthouse Countries Network, which focuses on health, finance and education. By partnering with ministries of the digital economy and ICT, the initiative facilitates regional and national action through peer-to-peer exchanges that promote practical collaboration and shared learning. These partnerships help countries unlock resources, expertise and solutions to bridge digital gaps, while success stories are shared widely to inspire global action. Behind this effort stands a coalition of champions and changemakers who work to mobilize resources, shape priorities and strengthen the case for investing in digital access. During the reporting period, the alliance surpassed its 2025 target, making significant strides in Africa and South Asia, where 70% of its impact is focused. With more than 300 partner initiatives driving this momentum, the EDISON Alliance underscores that while universal internet access by 2030 may require an estimated $446 billion in investment, it could generate up to $8.7 trillion in benefits for developing countries.AI Governance Alliance The AI Governance Alliance seeks to promote the responsible and effective adoption of AI to transform industries, enhance national competitiveness, improve governance and unlock innovation. With 644 members from 500 organizations worldwide, the alliance unites global experts to tackle AI’s complex challenges and provide scalable, practical solutions across sectors. Its work is organized around three key areas: accelerating impactful AI innovation and adoption, advancing trustworthy technology and effective governance, and preparing countries and society for the Intelligent Era. During the reporting period, the alliance engaged all 22 of the Forum’s industry communities to explore AI’s strategic impact, opportunities and challenges. It convened public- sector officials and regulators to promote anticipatory governance and build durable institutions capable of overseeing AI’s evolution. In collaboration with chief science officers and AI producers, it developed technical guardrails addressing advances in generative AI while examining how AI-first enterprises are reshaping roles, skills and operations. The initiative also advanced AI competitiveness by bringing stakeholders together to expand global access, build sustainable infrastructure, improve data quality and empower diverse economies with AI-driven opportunities. Complementing these efforts, the MINDS (Meaningful, Intelligent, Novel and Deployable Solutions) recognition programme highlighted businesses successfully using AI to drive transformation and address societal challenges. To support its goals, the alliance convened diverse AI stakeholders, produced influential reports and frameworks and promoted proactive, inclusive regulation through public- private partnerships.Learn more here Learn more here Annual Report 2024-2025 Our Impact19

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