#digital divide

The data captured by GSMA’s Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026 on the digital divide between men and women. GSMA’s Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026 records small but steady progress in reducing the digital divide between men and women. The report examines mobile phone, smartphone and mobile internet access and use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), highlighting the key barriers women still…

Online education still represents a “digital divide” between socioeconomic groups. Notably, young male minority students seem to struggle in online settings. We are now 30 years into the personal computing revolution, now marked by smartphones with more computing power than early mainframes. Yet, familiarity with technology does not necessarily lead to academic success with technology. I found…

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday April 15 2026, ar 10:30-12:00 EDT (14:30-16:00 UTC) the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Future Networks Initiative (FNI)  will host a webinar kick off their 2026 Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) program. This annual effort has two aspects 1) a global challenge  – a competition that solicits solutions from start-ups,…

JOIN | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On April 13, 2026, at 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC) the Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies (DC-DDHT) hosts a webinar ‘Quantum Technologies, Implications for the Global Digital Divide‘. Focus on marginalized groups, plus women, youth , elderly … How will we deal with Quantum in every day life…? #igf #digitalhealth #quantum

The digital revolution was promised as a great equaliser that would bring opportunity to every corner of the globe. However, as we move further into the decade, a troubling reality has emerged. We are facing a massive digital skills gap that threatens to leave millions of people behind. While we often think of the world as more connected than ever, the depth of our actual ability to use…

Beyond the Survey: How Digital Footprints are Redefining Official Statistics Measuring the Pulse: Real-time Economic Indicators in the AI Era these two topics came up in mind while searching the title of blog! Emerging technologies in official statistics is a new trending topic. Data we know is crucial for every type of activity. But how to capture “data” is most important thing. It is like…