- 17/03 to 20/03/2025
- Washington DC, USA
World Bank Global Digital Summit 2025
The World Bank‘s Global Digital Summit 2025 will take place in Washington DC, USA from 17 to 20 March 2025 under the theme ‘Digital Pathways for All’. It is the second edition of the Global Digital Summit, which was launched in March 2024. The Summit is funded through the Digital Development Partnership (DDP), which serves as a platform for exchange between DDP partners, the World Bank and World Bank clients on digital development.
High-level speakers include:
- Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank
- Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of IFC
- Sangbu Kim, Vice President for Digital Transformation of the World Bank
- Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation
- Vivek Badrinath, Director General of GSMA
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of ITU
The latest projects and innovations in the digital sector are part of an exhibition with 24 private companies and partners, including the BMZ initiative GovStack, which will be exhibiting on 19 March.
The Digital Development Partnership is a World Bank initiative supported by development partners aiming to advance digital transformation in low- and middle-income countries by building strong digital foundations and enablers while facilitating use cases for digital economies to thrive. BMZ and GIZ are supporting the Multi-Donor-Trust-Fund since 2021, with a focus on the digital and green twin transition.
You want to learn more about our partnership with the World Bank on digital development? Have a look at last year’s results in the Digital Development Partnership (DDP) Annual Review 2024.