Only 20% of Africans use the internet – we must fix this digital poverty now
Too many people in Africa don't have internet access Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Elsie S. Kanza
Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania to the USA and Mexico, Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania in the USA
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