Mobile data costs fall but as demand for internet services surges, progress remains too slow
The latest edition of our mobile pricing data shows that costs continue to come down. But progress is far too slow.
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A4AI’s 2021 Plan: Pushing the boundaries and shaping the post-Covid-19 world
This post was written by Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Alliance for Affordable Internet’s Honorary Chairperson. Follow him on Twitter @nsengimanajp. …
Five ways that libraries offer meaningful connectivity
Beyond just access, libraries can help offer meaningful connectivity – where internet access can advance personal, professional, or educational development.
New A4AI and Web Foundation study will measure the cost of digital exclusion of women
Through this project, we aim to bring stark evidence of the macroscale impacts – economic and societal – that come from the legacy of decades of broadband policymaking that has ignored the digital gender gap and left women and girls behind.
A4AI names GIFEC’s Abena Nyamesem as consumer Champion in Ghana
Ms Abena Nyamesem, Head of Sustainability and Partnership at GIFEC, has been named Champion of the A4AI-Ghana Consumer Advocacy and Equal Access Working Group.
Pushing the Boundaries: A4AI’s 2021 Annual Plan
We will step up our efforts this year to connect the remaining half of the world still not online.
The year (almost) everything went online: Highlights from 2020
Reflecting on our progress to deliver affordable access and meaningful connectivity for all
A Coalizão de A4AI-Moçambique e o acesso universal em 2020
A pandemia de COVID-19 afetou a inflação de Moçambique e fez com que sua moeda depreciasse, e o pacote…
New partnership will boost access to internet in least developed countries
The UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries is now a member of A4AI.
Expanding universal meaningful connectivity in Bangladesh: Key takeaways from the A4AI high-level dialogue on a Bangladesh broadband strategy
This high-level dialogue aimed to advance the discussions in expanding affordable broadband and meaningful connectivity via a Bangladesh broadband strategy and roadmap.
The internet has been a lifeline in 2020 – but not for everyone. Governments must act.
Covid-19 has shown the internet is not a luxury but a lifeline, and underscored why affordable, meaningful internet access must be a basic human right.
The Internet is unaffordable in Liberia: action is needed to ‘SET’ the agenda for positive change
In Liberia, which has emerged from civil wars and the Ebola epidemic, the current crisis further risks exacerbating an already wide digital divide, with negative ramifications for the economy.