Adigital divide develops whenever there is unequal access to ICT (information and communications technology). Digital divides are found in different contexts at varying geographic scales:
■ There is a broad digital divide between the world’s richest and poorest regions. On average, 88% of people in Europe were broadband or mobile internet users in 2020. The corresponding average across Africa’s 54 sovereign states was just 39%.
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