Achieving the ambitious goals laid out in Bangladesh's "Vision 2021" depends, in large part, on achieving a Digital Bangladesh. We look at why affordable internet is key to realising this vision, and at the work the A4AI-Bangladesh Coalition will be tackling in order to make it a reality.
We're excited to welcome Bangladesh as the newest member country of A4AI. The Alliance will work together with the Government of Bangladesh (via its Access to Information (a2i) programme) and a wide range of local stakeholders to work toward making internet in the country more affordable for all.
As public WiFi networks increase in popularity as a way to enable wider access, there are potential concerns regarding user privacy, safety and security that need to be addressed. What are the safeguards we — and governments — must take to ensure public WiFi works for users?
As the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) looks to develop an industry code of practice in support of an open internet, the A4AI-Nigeria Coalition and the Web Foundation encouraged the NCC to protect and support a free, open and affordable internet that can benefit and empower all.
Guatemala has become the newest country - and first country in Central America - to join A4AI. An official Memorandum of Understanding was signed yesterday in Guatemala City at the country's first A4AI multi-stakeholder forum.
In this guest post, Paul Rowney, A4AI Advisory Council member and Technical Director of My DigitalBridge Foundation in Namibia, looks at the future of TV White Space technology for expanding access in Malawi.
Read more about progress toward affordability in Latin America & the Caribbean by reading the latest in our series of Affordability Report Regional Snapshots.
Universal Service and Access Funds (USAFs) can be used to help close the digital divide — and the growing digital gender gap — by supporting public access initiatives, device subsidies, and digital skills training for women and other marginalised populations. Are these funds being used effectively to do so? Our new research aims to find out.
In this guest blog post, Tetra Tech's Nilmini Rubin explores why ensuring reliable, low-cost power is critical to affordable internet access and what we can do to expand access to both the internet and energy concurrently.
At today's meeting of the A4AI-Nigeria Coalition (held at the Internet Freedom Forum), Nigeria officially extended its partnership with A4AI, when the Honourable Minister of Communication Technology, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, signed a new three-year Memorandum of Understanding with A4AI.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web and Web Foundation founder, on why we're working to ensure the web becomes a tool in the fight for global equality by working to make internet access affordable for everyone.
Shaddy Shadrach, A4AI’s Asia Regional Coordinator, offers insights on the efforts made and progress to achieve affordable access across Asia.
