“We have done a study with the ITU that shows four months’ worth of lockdown is going to cost the global economy close to $10 trillion in the next 10 years. This is why in the Saudi G20 presidency, we drove consensus to make sure that connecting the unconnected world and connecting humanity is a top priority.”
-Abdullah A. Alswaha, Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology, during an interview with CGTN adding that “digitalization is the biggest social equalizer and economic multiplier” in a world still reeling under the shadow of COVID-19. [CGTN Digital]
