Sonia Jorge | Executive Director
Global Digital Inclusion Partnership

Sonia is the Founder and Executive Director of the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP). She has successfully led global coalitions to reduce the cost of connectivity and make universal meaningful connectivity a reality for everyone in global majority countries. Sonia is an experienced leader and international digital policy expert, having worked on numerous digital policy and development projects in over 50 countries for organizations such as the World Bank, UNDP, UN Women, ITU, and private sector companies and associations.  Sonia was recognized as one of the World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government in 2019 and has served on various committees, including the ITU-UN Women EQUALS Partnership, The World Economic Forum's Future of the Internet Initiative, and the EU-AU Digital Economy Task Force. She was an Independent Board Director with KaiOS Technologies and is an Advisory Board member of UNESCO's Cetic.br Regional Center. Sonia holds a Masters in Public Policy from Tufts University and degrees in Economics and Business Finance from the University of Massachusetts.