Why Global Digital Ambitions Will Fail Without Connectivity and Power

The World Bank Global Digital Summit 2025 included many of the same talking points as last year’s UN Summit of the Future. The summit placed heavy emphasis on the desire to bring internet to the 2.6 billion people who are currently without it.

Once the digital control grid is in place, the crackdowns on dissent can begin: perspective

Discussions at the World Bank Global Digital Summit conclude that everybody needs electricity and internet connectivity in order to install Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

In what was basically a regurgitation of last year’s UN Summit of the Future, the opening day of the World Bank Global Digital Summit 2025 included many of the same players echoing the same talking points about digital ID being central to DPI and overall digital transformation.

Giving the opening remarks, World Bank Vice President for Digital Transformation Sangbu ...