EDISON Alliance Impact Report 2024

Best practices 5.3 • Connect with peers and learn more about evidence-based insights, solutions and best practices that expand digital inclusion • Amplify and raise awareness about their digital inclusion goals • Partner with EDISON members to drive impact nationally. To ensure that outcomes are aligned with the actual needs on the ground, the network takes a locally-led approach where countries identify the challenges and opportunities to highlight, determine the structure and content of the engagement and drive all conversations pertaining to their national ICT goals. Explore the Lighthouse Countries Network here linkBahrainUnited Arab Emirates Bangladesh Ethiopia Rwanda Nigeria TogoGuineaGhana Honduras Lighthouse CountriesNational ICT policies are critical to expanding digital inclusion and require a whole of ecosystem approach to ensure their successful implementation. Identifying the right multistakeholder partnerships can be a complex endeavour exacerbated by the lack of precise information about the activities, locations and scalability intentions in a particular market. Recognizing this, the EDISON Alliance launched the Lighthouse Countries Network – a unique platform specially created to provide a simplified way for governments to access the alliance’s rich network of private and third sector resources to reduce the digital divide at the national level. By joining the Lighthouse Countries Network, countries are provided with a space to:Navigator Lighthouse Countries Network EDISON Alliance Impact Report January 2024 28 Contents