Countering the global digital divide is an increasingly urgent imperative because several essential aspects of everyday life – including banking, health care, education, media, communications and even identity – depend on access to digital tools and technologies. Connectivity has become a conduit to information, communication, education and societal wellbeing. People who lack opportunities to go .
The digital divide is emerging as one of the 21st century’s steepest hurdles to global equality. The COVID-19 pandemic has only deepened this digital divide and progress to bring more people online has slowed down.