Christinah Ngoy, 22, is a facilitator at Timbuktu in the Valley, a skills development space for children living in some of Johannesburg’s most impoverished inner-city neighbourhoods. All images by Thom Pierce. I was born in South Africa, but both my…
Palesa Ramolefo is a 25-year-old activist working with Amandla.Mobi, a campaigning organisation based in South Africa. She was also one of the campaigners behind the #DataMustFall campaign in South Africa. All images by Thom Pierce. I’ll never forget the first time I used…
Melissa and Sizanenhle, both aged 10, attend the aftercare sessions at Timbuktu in the Valley, a skills development project in Johannesburg. All images by Thom Pierce. Sizanenhle wants to be a scientist when she grows up. Or a lawyer, maybe. She…
This article was written by Ana Maria Rodriguez, Research Analyst and Teddy Woodhouse, Senior Research Manager for Access and Affordability. According to an analysis conducted by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), 1GB of mobile broadband data became less affordable…
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) signed a Cooperation Agreement on March 2, 2022 at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The cooperation agreement encourages mutually beneficial collaboration between the two parties…
Teddy Woodhouse, Senior Research Manager and research lead on the Meaningful Connectivity report, shares key takeaways from the report. TRANSCRIPT: The digital divide now is no longer just about who’s online and offline. It’s now about who is just consuming…
This article was written by Anju Mangal, Head of Asia-Pacific, for the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) On January 15, the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano erupted in the small island nation of Tonga. The tsunami which followed caused significant damage to coastal…
In 2021, we saw Covid-19 further expose the growing inequalities among the connected. It’s no longer sufficient to simply be connected; the quality and experience of those who are connected is just as critical. The current public health crisis has…
Universal Service and Access Funds (USAFs) have been used by governments in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries since the 1980s to address telecommunication related gaps. Senior Policy and Regulatory Specialist Nathalia Foditsch shares her insights on USAFs from A4AI…
This post was written by Teddy Woodhouse, Senior Research Manager for Access and Affordability. Follow Teddy on Twitter @TeddyWoodhouse. Billions of people have never used the internet before. How do we connect them for the first time? In many parts…
Our costs of exclusion report found that the digital gender gap has cost 32 countries $1 trillion in lost-GDP in the past decade, underlining the huge economic price we all pay when women have less access to the internet’s benefits.…
This piece was written by A4AI Advisory Council Member and World Bank Digital Development Director Boutheina Guermazi. It was originally published by Devex. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the story of Namitha Narayanan in Kerala, India, went viral after she climbed on…