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Digital Inclusion
How can we ensure that more people with disabilities have access to digital devices?
62% of adults with a disability say they own a desktop or laptop computer, compared with 81% of those without a disability, according to Pew Research Center.
Digital Communications
How community run internet is bridging the digital divide in Detroit
People in Detroit are installing their own internet network in a project run by the Equitable Internet Initiative to roll out affordable broadband.
Cybersecurity
To fight cybercrime, we need to understand its economics
Cybercriminals' relationships, connections and behaviours – or cybercrime economics - reveal the incentives for ransomware and disinformation attacks.
Africa
Kenya's wildebeest are launching a partnership with TikTok
Kenya's tourism board has partnered with TikTok to spread awareness of its natural wonder and promote biodiversity and wildlife protection.
Digital Communications
This graphic shows what your smartphone is made of
While the combination of metals in a smartphone may vary, most smartphones can carry roughly 80% of the stable elements that are on the periodic table.
Latin America
This is how Latin America is addressing the digital divide amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred governments in Latin America to try and address the digital divide, with initiatives that include lowering internet prices.
COVID-19
This is how much data we're using on our phones
A new PwC report looks at the growth of global smartphone data consumption and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latin America
Less than 50% of Latin America has fixed broadband. Here are 3 ways to boost the region's digital access
As Latin America and the Caribbean emerge from the pandemic, the region's governments must address uneven and costly digital access for an inclusive and resilient recovery.
Social Media
3 tech design principles to help curb digital repression
Activists and journalists from marginalized populations are often censored on social media due to algorithm bias. Three tech design principles can help.
Digital Communications
Why digital connectivity needs to be a global priority
Nearly half the population in Central Asia is not digitally connected, and many of the unconnected live in rural and remote areas, writes a World Bank expert.
The Digital Transformation of Business
How public libraries can help bridge the digital divide - Oxford report
COVID-19 has highlighted the stark digital divide, with a large number of people lacking digital services at home or in their community.
India
How tech is helping India's rural women get through COVID-19
Grassroots groups have helped poorer women without internet access get the support they need as COVID-19 exposes a gender-based digital divide across India.
Digital Communications
The private sector is taking the lead on enabling digital inclusion. Here's how.
Through initiatives like the EDISON Alliance, the private sector is increasing the affordability and access to broadband, devices and digital literacy.
Digital Communications
The first alliance to accelerate digital inclusion
The first cross-sector Alliance to accelerate digital inclusion and connect critical sectors of economies launched at Davos Agenda 2021 by World Economic Forum
JRS2021
How to upskill Gen Z and engage them in a post-pandemic workplace
As digital natives, Gen Z employees are responsive learners, given the right learning tools. We explore how organizations can redesign their training.