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Bridging Africa's digital divide: The rise of community internet
In villages and townships, Africans are building their own internet infrastructure to connect and protect the unconnected. This can improve education.
Digital Inclusion
Digital health inclusion can provide healthcare for all - this is how
COVID-19 accelerated a digital shift in healthcare delivery that was a long time coming but digital health inclusion is essential for everyone to feel the benefits.
Cybersecurity
Why we must rebuild digital trust for a cyber-inclusive future
The loss of digital trust suggests many people are worried about the role technology plays in their lives currently. Here's how to rebuild digital trust.
Digital Communications
These are the invisible barriers to tackling the digital divide
While most of the focus is on getting everyone connected, experts at Lisbon’s Web Summit say making internet access more affordable and less complicated is also key.
Digital Communications
The role of smartphones in the COVID-19 recovery
A recent World Bank webinar explored the role of smartphones in development programmes, particularly in light of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digital Inclusion
How to build a bridge across the digital divide
The latest Agenda Dialogues looked at the issue of the digital divide. Panelists explored the impact of COVID-19, the role of the private sector and opportunities for closing the gap.
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 tourism board is 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.