Opening Remarks The Symposium began with remarks from A4AI’s Head of Africa, Onica N. Makwakwa, and Nnenna Nwakanma, Chief Web Advocate at the Web Foundation. Nnenna discussed how the vision for technology is that it should be used for overall…
Our latest report, launched today at the 2021 Africa Symposium for Women and Girls, has found that low and lower-middle income countries have lost an estimated USD $1 trillion in GDP in the last decade as a result of barriers…
While access to the Internet has enabled many to continue to work, learn and socialize while living with pandemic restrictions, connectivity remains a pipe dream for many people in poor, rural parts of Asia and the Pacific, according to a…
Ayana Matsuda is a student at the University of Edinburgh who conducted a work placement at the Alliance for Affordable Internet during 2021. During her placement, she interviewed several students and experts to understand how internet access affects students’ learning…
This guest post was written by Lis Jordan, Programme Support Manager at fesmedia Africa. In this digital age, the development and effective implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) policies are critical for countries to harness their full potential in…
A4AI is excited to welcome the new Advisory Council members starting from July 2021 for a three year period. The new members were elected by A4AI members recently, and we are excited to work together with these distinguished colleagues as…
Facebook is working to advance connectivity between the Asia-Pacific region and North America through building two new subsea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia, and North America. These will be the first transpacific cables through a new diverse route crossing the…
The city of Nacala, home to over 200,000 people, sits on the northern coastline of Mozambique. Found in the Nampula province, incomes are generally smaller and children spend fewer years in school than the national average. To the north, residents…
This blog was written by A4AI’s Asia Regional Coordinator Anju Mangal and Research Manager for Access and Affordability Teddy Woodhouse. Follow them on Twitter @Anju_Mangal and @TeddyWoodhouse Every year in June, the international community celebrates the month of Pride, a…
This piece was written by John Traylor, Monitoring and Evaluation and Connectivity Officer, Mercy Corps Food, water, shelter – these are the basic needs many people imagine when they think of humanitarian assistance. But when thousands of migrants and refugees…
This piece was written by Catherine Highet, Nisha Singh, and Arisha Salman. It was originally published by CGAP. The gender gap in mobile phone ownership is well-documented. For years now, the financial inclusion community has been trying to get phones…