Category News and events

The ITU’s recently released Measuring the Information Society 2015 report highlighted the progress we’ve made toward increasing access to affordable Internet across the globe. But if prices are dropping, why is growth slowing?

Last week, A4AI National Coalitions in both Nigeria and Ghana came together for quarterly meetings to discuss challenges to and progress made toward increasing access to affordable Internet in each nation.   On November 24, A4AI Honorary Chair and former…

This week, A4AI had the opportunity to speak to the United States Congress on the importance of increasing women’s access to technology across the globe at a hearing convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on “Women and…

This blog post was written by Will Burnfield of Great Village International Consultants, with inputs from Dhanaraj Thakur, A4AI Research Manager.    Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investments that combine public and private funding have been used extensively over the past decade…

We have just published the first report in our research series exploring “The Impacts of Emerging Mobile Data Services in Developing Countries” in the Philippines, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Colombia and Peru.   This first research brief, “Models of…

The A4AI team is wrapping up an exciting Transform Africa 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda. For the past few days, we’ve been busy discussing ways to make Internet for all and full digital inclusion realities in Africa, together with over 2,000 policymakers,…

Zero-rating — or the practice of offering free access to a select set of websites or apps — is a controversial topic at present.   Supporters of the practice claim it is an innovative way to give people everywhere a…

Ahead of the Transform Africa Summit in Kigali, Nnenna Nwakanma, the Web Foundation’s Africa Regional Coordinator, shares with us some reasons to be cheerful, and reasons to worry, over Africa’s digital future.   Last weekend, I stood in the pouring…

Next week, A4AI travels to Kigali, Rwanda for Transform Africa 2015: Accelerating Digital Innovation (October 19-21). Organised by the Government of Rwanda, A4AI, and other partner organisations, the event will bring together political, business, and civil society leaders to shape Africa’s…

A4AI is thrilled to welcome two new staff members to our growing team. Learn a bit more about Onica Makwakwa, Africa Regional Coordinator, and Karolle Rabarison, Membership Coordinator, below.   Onica Makwakwa, Africa Regional Coordinator   Onica joined A4AI as…