World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

United Nations Youth

Katerina Emmanouilidou

Why Big Data is Important to Youth: An Interview with Mohammad Ilham Akbar Junior:

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was celebrated on 17 May 2017. The theme for this year’s day was "Big Data for Big Impact" and focused on the power of Big Data for development. To commemorate the day, Mohammad Ilham Akbar Junior, a United Nations (UN) Youth Volunteer with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Indonesia, shared his views on how Big Data can be used to inform the work of governments so that youth can better participate in policy-making. Read our latest Youth Flash here: https://social.un.org/youth-flash/May2017.html
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