 Welcome to the ITU studio we are in the world, Telecommunications Development Conference in Kigali. We have the pleasure to welcome Mr. Michael Wilms, the partner and director of Boston Consulting Group, here, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Welcome in the studio. Thank you very much. Why did BCG decide to become a partner to connect knowledge partners? Well, we've identified already quite some time ago that digital inclusion is essential for the benefit of the world global. And we've been working on that topic already for five, six years now. And obviously during the pandemic we've seen even more how important it is that everybody can be connected. And we've all seen pictures of school kids gathering on playgrounds or parking lots, trying to still follow the lessons of their teachers. So we decided it's essential for us to mobilize our resources and try and help on this massive challenge. So when we were in contact with Doreen and her staff around the setup of PTC we were immediately enthusiastic and wanted to ensure that we could help in whichever way we could. Yes. And would you please tell us what has in your view been the driver of success of PTC so far? Yeah, I think as was clearly announced today, the phase of PTC so far has been a huge success, well over 350 pledges representing over 15 billion or so of dollars in value. In my view the success of PTC is for sure that we've been able to mobilize a very wide community including states but also private sector civil society. And over the course of the last nine months have been able to identify which specific areas in the four focus areas require support. And also communicate quite clearly to all of the participants in the coalition what is needed to drive things forward. And the breadth of focus areas also ensures that everybody can contribute something. You don't have to be a telco and only invest in base stations, sort of there's opportunities to invest in digital skills, in local language content, in driving digital ecosystems, etc. I think the realization that on the one hand the challenge is so broad but also mobilizing a wide range of organizations that can help in solving the breadth of that challenge is the key driver of success. Yes, and PTC has been a great success so far. What will drive success for PTC going forward? Yeah, obviously the real challenge only begins now. We have the pledges but now we need to connect 2.9 billion people who are currently unconnected which is still a huge challenge. To make sure that we get the biggest bang out of all of these pledges I think it's now essential to ensure not only that the pledges get implemented with all of the monitoring and tracking that's associated with that but also that we keep the community alive to ensure that we keep the pledges targeted and coordinated on where they mean or going to have the most impact. Do you have any specific message for the viewers after all of this? Well, I'd say maybe two things, if you haven't pledged yet please do so. Second, obviously if you have pledged sort of don't think that it's enough to just execute your pledge within your own sort of organization. Let's keep the windows open, keep the coordination and the collaboration flowing and ensure that we together can also adjust to see where the need is greatest and then focus the effort there. Thank you very much for your time. You're more than welcome. Thank you very much.