GSMA 93d ago

The GSMA Guide, The Business Imperative for Digital Inclusion, makes a simple but critical point: exclusion creates blind spots, bias, and risk in intelligent systems. Inclusion, by contrast, is what makes intelligence credible, trusted, and scalable. In the IQ Era, Digital Inclusion is no longer a social add-on. It is a core input into better data, better decisions, and better outcomes — for business, for society, and for the future of our industry. Held on Wednesday 4 March at #MWC26 Barcelona, this session marks the public unveiling of the GSMA’s newly published guide, 'The Business Imperative for Digital Inclusion: Reporting and Engagement,' which positions digital inclusion as essential to business strategy. The session opens with the formal launch of the Guide, followed by a senior‑level fireside discussion on DI as business intelligence, and concludes with a global operator panel translating the Guide into action across regions. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction from GSMA's Head of SDG Accelerator 05:15 - Fireside chat on the 'why' of Digital inclusion 21:00 - Panel Discussion on 'how' to implement