Do you know that solely 42% of individuals in South East Asia have entry to the web? Or that solely 34% of these in Africa are capable of often go surfing?
Whereas the web is a lifestyle in lots of areas, it’s nonetheless not extensively accessible to all, which results in financial disparity, decreased literacy, restricted instructional alternatives, and extra.
That’s why Meta is working to attach the world, which isn’t solely to handle these parts, but in addition to maximise its personal enterprise alternatives, and why tasks like Starlink are essential for international growth.
As a result of with out common web entry, as a base minimal, inequity will stay, which then branches into all method of different issues.
To offer some perspective on this, the staff from Visible Capitalist have put collectively this overview of web entry around the globe.
Some attention-grabbing stats, price contemplating while you take a look at ongoing internet developments.
