Why Does Latin America Rank at the Top of this Year’s Affordability Index?
Latin American countries nabbed six of the top ten spots in this year’s Affordability Index. The high ranking of…
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New Affordability Report Launched
More than two billion people in developing and emerging countries are priced out of accessing the Internet. That is one of the key findings of this year's A4AI Affordability Report, which is being unveiled in Barcelona today at Mobile World Congress.
Affordability Report
A4AI’s annual Affordability Report explores the drivers of affordable Internet across 51 developing and emerging countries. READ IT HERE
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This blog post was written by Nnenna Nwakanma, A4AI’s Africa Regional Coordinator, who recently returned from a trip to…
Broadband Access Trends in 2015: A4AI’s Predictions
Here at A4AI, we spent the few weeks before the start of the new year thinking about our predictions for the expansion of global broadband access in 2015. On the whole, we are hopeful that more governments will realise the necessity and benefit of policies that will encourage affordable and open access to the Internet for their citizens, and that innovation and competition will lower broadband service and device prices and enable millions more to get online.
Incentivos, Taxas, Dados e a luta para a redução dos custos em Moçambique
O maior obstáculo em expandir o acesso a banda larga em todos os países onde opera a A4AI centra-se…
Nigeria gets smarter as states sign up to reduce cost of running telecoms services
As 2014 winds down, the Nigerian government has revealed that five of the country’s states are working to reduce…
Incentives, Taxes, Data, and the Struggle to Lower Costs in Mozambique
The biggest obstacle in expanding broadband access in all of the countries that A4AI works in is the high cost of connecting to the Internet, but in Mozambique, it is a particularly imposing hurdle. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a fixed-line broadband connection costs almost 51 percent of the average monthly income in the country, and a mobile broadband connection costs 41 percent (ITU MIS 2014).
Opportunities and Roadblocks: Forging Ahead in Ghana
The A4AI-Ghana Coalition has much to celebrate after the Government committed to abolishing the 20 percent import duty on smartphones, following advocacy by the coalition’s Taxation Working Group. However, as we celebrate, we must also look ahead -- more hard work is needed to achieve the rest of the objectives set by the coalition.
Ghana drops import tax on smartphones following advocacy by A4AI-Ghana Coalition
Less than a year after starting work in Ghana, the A4AI-Ghana Multi-stakeholder Coalition has notched up its first big…
UN Women, Association for Progressive Communications and Brazil’s Center for Technology and Society Elected to A4AI Advisory Council
A4AI is excited to welcome three new representatives to the Alliance’s Advisory Council: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN…
A4AI celebrates 1st Birthday
Today, we’re celebrating the Alliance for Affordable Internet’s first birthday (check out our birthday infographic). Our vision of driving…